The Hindol Welfare Association (HWA) on Sunday named Biranchi Narayan Nayak as an Independent candidate for the Hindol (SC) Assembly seat for the 2014 election.
With this announcement, the HWA, a nonpolitical association, earns the credit of being first to announce a candidate’s name for the forthcoming Assembly election.
According to reports, the HWA finalised Nayak’s name in its general body meeting held here on Sunday. The Association expected that the people of Hindol constituency would select Nayak as their leader to represent them in the Odisha legislative Assembly in the 2014 Assembly election.
Earlier on September 15, 2013, the HWA had sought applications from willing candidates for the seat. Consequently, five persons submitted their candidature.
later on December 1, 2013, a public meeting was convened at Satmile in Hindol Constituency wherein the applicants were asked to present their views on why they were willing to represent them in the State Assembly. They also replied many questions put by the people assembled there. The whole process was video-recorded. Further a public opinion survey was conducted in all the 60 gram panchayats under the constituency seeking people’s opinion in favour of the political parties between December 3 and 7. The HWA claimed the people preferred Nayak to a BJD candidate to represent them in the State Assembly. Finally, the HWA announced Nayak’s name in its executive body meeting held here on Sunday.