As the elections nearing, the political scenario in Begunia block of Khordha disdtrict seems to be getting warmer by the day.
On Monday, two groups of the BJD organised political gatherings at two different places under the block on the plea of a protest meeting and a “Mahashanti Yajna”, respectively. This has been a subject of discussion among local people now.
While supporters of the local MLA held a protest meeting in the Begunia Mini Stadium in protest against the ransacking of the police station by some rivals of the MLA a week back, former Minister and Rajya Sabha Member Prashant Nanda’s son Rushabh along with thousands of his supporters from about 40 gram panchayats attended the “Mahashanti Yajna” at Brahmeswar Peeth in Lakhanpur village.
MLA supporters had come in a rally from Sarua to reach the mini stadium. Among others, BYJD Begunia president Bibhuti Mohanty, BYJD Bolgarh president Rabindra Natha Subuddhi, Bolgarh block president Gopal Behera attended.
Those who attended Rushabh’s meeting included Prabhat Kumar Maharaj, former Sarpanch Chaitanya Jaysingh, Krushna Chandra Ranabijuli, Hemant Sundray, Surendra Behera, Sangramkeshari Mishra, Dillip Mahabhoi and Jalandhar Mohanty.