Delhi-based Odia social activist linkan Subudhi, who was attacked badly in a Delhi suburb while protesting child marriage, would be in fray for the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections.
Chandrasekharpur resident linkan will contest for corporator from ward-8 of the BMC in Biju Janata Dal (BJD) ticket. linkan recently accepted the offer after getting a call from the BJD leaders. She would meet BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik very soon. According to the social activist, she would campaign door to door and touch every people of her ward seeking support in the elections. “When I got the offer from the BJD, I thought it to be an opportunity for me to connect with people,” asserted linkan.