The Congress candidates for various Assembly seats and Kendrapada Lok Sabha seat on Saturday kicked off their poll campaign by a darshan of Lord Baladevjew here.
According to sources, Congress candidate for Kendrapada Parliamentary constituency, Siddharth Swarup Das, for Aul Dr Debasmita sharma, for Patkura, Ratikanta Kanungo, for Rajnagar, Ashok Pratihari, besides former MLA Prasant Kumar Rout and Sipra Mallick, who recently joined Congress by leaving BJD and DCC members participated in a motorbike rally from Tinimuhani to the Ichapur-based Baladevjew temple. Nearly, two thousands of Congress supporters participated in the rally.
"When a new work starts everybody takes the blessings of Almighty. As Lord Baladevjew is the presiding deity of our district, so I wanted to kick off my poll campaign by taking the blessings of the Lord,” stated MP nominee Das.
When asked about desertion of stalwarts like Ganeshwar Behera and Anshuman Mohanty from Congress and their joining the BJD camp, the Congress leaders stated that they were opportunists and their absence would have no impact on the poll prospects of the party.
"Only for personal gain they jumped to BJD; so it would not affect the Congress party as it is a national party. The voters are now conscious and they know what is the motive behind these leaders for leaving the party and joined the rival camp. The Janatajanardhan( voters) would definitely choose their right candidate," opined a leader.
