Berhampur: Former chief secretary and Congress candidate for Paralakhemundi assembly segment Bijay Kumar Patnaik suffered a heatstroke while campaigni.
Many politicians have announced that they would contest as Independent candidates after being denied tickets by political parties. Former MP Kharabela Swain, former MLAs Soumya Ranjan Patnaik, Anubhav Patnaik, Premananda Nayak, and others are among the prominent faces. A total of 41 MLAs from different parties have been denied tickets for the upcoming elections.
Arundhati Devi has expressed her resentment over the cancellation of her ticket by the BJD for the Deogarh Assembly constituency through a social media post.
“Sita Mata had rightly said that there is no respect for women in this world,” she posted with a crying photo of the
A 65-year-old man died of suspected heatstroke in Sambalpur. Health authorities are investigating the cause of death. Post-mortem report awaited. The man was a folk music performer and died in a political rally.