BJD received’t maintain marketing campaign rallies for Pipili bypoll: Naveen Patnaik

By Express News Service
BHUBANESWAR: Setting an instance in these dire Covid occasions, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday introduced the BJD’s choice to not maintain public rallies or marketing campaign conferences for by-election to Pipili Assembly constituency scheduled on May 13.

Announcing the choice in a collection of tweets, the Chief Minister mentioned the BJD as a accountable celebration is not going to wish to put the lives of individuals at risk. “We contest elections to serve people,” he mentioned and added, “If the campaign has potential to endanger lives, I would earnestly appeal to political parties and Election Commission of India to reconsider both the duration and method of campaigning.”Stating that each life is valuable and he at all times thought of individuals of Odisha as his relations, the Chief Minister mentioned, “India is a mature democracy and together we can come out with a solution.”

The announcement by the Chief Minister got here a day after Congress chief Rahul Gandhi suspended all election campaigns in West Bengal. The Pipili bypoll, which was initially scheduled to be held on April 17, was postponed to May 13 following the demise of Congress candidate Ajit Mangaraj, who succumbed to Covid-19, on 

April 14. The Election Commission issued a contemporary notification on Monday stating that polling will likely be held on May 13 between 7 am and 6 pm. The election course of will likely be accomplished earlier than May 18, it added.Meanwhile, president of Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) Niranjan Patnaik constituted a committee headed by working president of OPCC Pradip Majhi to advocate title of the celebration candidate. The committee will meet on Tuesday over the matter.