In order to ensure free and fair polls in the second phase in the State, the BJP on Wednesday urged State Chief Electoral Officer Mona Sharma not to allow ruling party MlAs and Ministers belonging to other areas into the 13districts where polling would be held on Thursday.
Considering the violence and hooliganism perpetrated by some Ministers and ruling party MlAs during 2009 elections to ensure win in some strategic booths, BJP State spokesperson Sajjan Sharma in a letter to the CEO demanded that the BJD leaders like former Minister Sharada Nayak should be directed to leave the areas where polling would be held on Thursday.
last time Nayak had resorted to violence and vote rigging in Patkura area, he reminded.Sahrma said the BJD leaders have already fanned out in the areas of second phase of elections. They have also started resorting to violence in many of the constituencies to create a fear psychosis among the people.
While incidence of violence had taken place in Mahakalapada area in the presence of Sahrada Nayak to ensure defeat of senior BJP leader Bijoy Moahaptra, some ruling party leaders had resorted to bomb throwing and violence in Tihudi Baghamara village under Niali Assembly constituency.
Sahrma said the BJD activists had made a murderous attack on the Opposition party workers at Rourkela, Mahakalpada, Mahanga, Khurda and Bhubaneswar. The Police have seized mauser, sharp weapons, guns from these places, he said.The BJP leader also alleged that the BJD is using the black money to influence the voters through the women self-help groups and the Anganwadi workers. The election authorities have seized over Rs 1.2 crore from the BJD party workers and leaders, he informed.