BJD appears to be like to retain seat, BJP to make use of PMAY ammunition
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By Express News Service
BHUBANESWAR: As the BJP prepares for an aggressive marketing campaign on large-scale irregularities within the implementation of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) to wrest Pipili Assembly constituency within the bypoll scheduled on September 30, the BJD has began getting ready groundwork for retaining the seat.
Former minister and BJD MLA Pratap Deb, Pipili constituency in-charge, has already began coordinating with leaders entrusted with completely different panchayats for overseeing the election work to kickstart the marketing campaign for the celebration. “We have started the process from Saturday after the announcement of the bypoll date by the Election Commission of India,” he stated.
As the marketing campaign interval has been curtailed to solely seven days from September 20, leaders in-charge of various blocks and panchayats within the constituency will transfer to subject from that date solely, Deb stated and added that preparation has already began to resolve on which points to be taken up through the marketing campaign.Sources stated irregularities in distribution of PMAY homes will probably be a significant problem through the marketing campaign. The problem had put the BJD on the backfoot through the earlier marketing campaign in Pipili. Cyclone Fani had battered the Odisha coast on May 3, 2019 and hundreds of homes had been broken in Puri district together with Pipili Assembly constituency.
However, BJD sources maintained that the celebration is banking on Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s marketing campaign once more to retain the seat this time additionally. The Chief Minister will once more tackle the voters just about to counter the BJP marketing campaign which is prone to be led by senior leaders together with Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, sources stated.
