The election campaign for the upcoming BeMC polls by the three major political parties here has been intensified.
The candidates for the post of Mayor as well as Corporators have started door to door campaign with their respective star campaigners and senior leaders of their parties. For ruling BJD’ s Mayor nominee Sanghamitra Dalai, a band of senior leaders like Brahmapur MP Chandrasekhar Sahu, MLA Bikram Panda, former MLA Dr RCC Pattnaik and other senior leaders joined in door to door campaign in support of their party nominees.
BJD’s Mayor candidate Dalai in her interview with mediapersons said that she would be working hard for the people of Brahmapur and will try to further empower the women.
Similarly, for BJP nominee for Mayor post Dr Sabita Suara Panigrahi, though no national level leader of the party has come for campaigning yet, but some senior leaders of the BJP including district president Bibhuti Bhusan Jena, former district president Kanhu Charan Pati and party’s State vice president Bhrugu Buxi Patra started campaigning in favour of their party nominees.
On the other hand, a large number of party workers and leaders led by district BJP president Bibhuti Bhusan Jena, State vice-president Bhrugu Buxipatra and former district president Kanhu Charan Pati wore black badge and resorted to a 5 hours long dharana in front of BeMC Election Officer cum Brahmapur Sub-Collector office against the withdrawal of nomination of candidates by force and horse trading by the ruling BJD.
The party also demanded strong action against the Chilika sitting MLA for his barbaric and inhuman attack on BJP workers recently.
Congress workers as well as party nominee for the Mayor post Manju Rath were upbeat with the joining of party’s most vibrant MLA Ramesh Jena in campaign and street level meetings.
District Mahila Congress president Banaja Panda, spokesperson of the party and scribe Rabi Rath, DCC vice president Maheswar Patra, secretary Dandapani Patra and all the nominees of the party contesting for the post of Corporator in different wards were present.