Congress steps away to help commerce union-backed candidates in 18 Wards
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By Express News Service
PARADIP: Congress social gathering not fielding multiple candidate for councillor submit within the city polls for Paradip Municipality has come as a lot a shock as Aama Paradip Aama Pragati (APAP), a commerce union, fielding its representatives in 18 Wards. Even these denied tickets from the ruling BJD and BJP are contesting the polls as Independent candidates, many with APAP help.
In the final city election in 2015, Congress had received two seats regardless that the social gathering had a stronghold in Paradip Municipality from 1979 to 2005. However, this yr, the social gathering’s candidate Kedar Jena can be contesting solely from Ward quantity 4.
Exposing infighting throughout the BJD and BJP, its candidates denied tickets to contest have additionally defected to combat the elections independently. While BJD’s Saroj Parida and Jagannath Rao have filed their candidature from Ward No 19 and 18 respectively as unbiased candidates, BJP’s rebels are contesting from Ward Numbers 9, 11 and 12 independently.
President of district Congress unit Natabar Barik mentioned, the social gathering had determined to area its personal candidates in six seats together with 5 councillors posts and one chairman and accordingly social gathering ticket has been given them to contest. “But for other wards, we will support the independent candidates. Congress is contesting for councillor position from ward no 4 but not fighting the chairman post,” Barik said.
Independent chairman candidate of APAP Debabrata Sahoo mentioned, “We are confident to win majority of seats in Paradip municipality urban polls because of the support of all sections of people. Our candidates will take advantage of the infighting among opposition parties in the poll.”
However, former MP and BJP chief Bibhu Prasad Tarai mentioned intra-party battle has been solved and native BJP leaders have united to accentuate election marketing campaign in Paradip to seize majority seats. “The hope of local independent candidates to win over Congress voters to win majority seats with support of APAP would not succeed because their votes will be divided,” he added.
