Pipili Bypoll: Congress Names Ajit Mangaraj As Party Candidate | OTV News

Bhubaneswar: The Congress has nominated Ajit Mangaraj to contest the upcoming bypoll to the Pipili Assembly constituency in Odisha. The All India Congress Committee has given the ultimate nod for the candidature of Mangaraj from the Assembly section which is able to go to polls on April 17.
Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee had shortlisted Mangaraj’s identify for the by-elections together with two different candidates, Purna Swain and Nishikant Mishra.
Mangaraj exuded confidence that he would depart no stone unturned to work for the event of Pipili & Delang & weed out corruption from the area. ‘I hope workers & other candidates from the party will fully cooperate with me,’ he mentioned in an unique interview to OTV.
Presently spearheading the occasion’s district unit from Puri, he had unsuccessfully fought the 2019 basic elections from Pipili. As per the Election Commission of India information, Mangaraj had bagged solely 9,830 votes whereas BJD stalwart late Pradeep Maharathy ran away with the seat after securing 88,518 votes.
It could also be famous that the BJP had already named Asrit Patnaik as their occasion candidate for the scheduled by-elections whereas the ruling BJD has roped in legislator late Pradeep Maharathy’s son Rudra Pratap for the high-voltage bypoll battle.
The bypoll to the 110 – Pipili Assembly seat has been mendacity vacant since October 4 2020 following the demise of 7-time MLA Pradeep Maharathy.
As per the bypoll gazette notification, the nomination papers for the by-elections shall be scrutinized on March 31 and candidates can have until April 3 to withdraw their candidatures. The polling of votes shall be carried out on April 17 whereas counting and declaration of outcomes shall be made on May 2.