Campaigning for Tuesday’s urban local body (UlB) elections ended on Sunday evening. However, the contending parties have now begun door-to-door and man-to-man approach till the day of voting.All major parties including the BJD, the Congress and the BJP are hopeful to win a majority of seats in the Belpahar Municipality. This election, in fact, witnesses the ruling BJD and the Congress locking horns as never before.
WODC Chairman Kishore Kumar Mohanty has expressed confidence that the BJD would win the polls. PCC secretary and Jharsuguda MlA Naba Kishore Das also hoped that his party would emerge victorious with a comfortable number of seats. BJP MlA Radharani Panda said there would be a big chance for her party as youths got connected with the party and showed a very good response during campaigning.
As many as 25,597 voters will exercise their franchise in the polls.SDPO Churamani Naik said elaborate security arrangements have been made to maintain law and order situation during polling.