Prasanta Kumar Paikray has emerged as a strong contender for the BJD ticket for the Moroda Assembly seat in Mayurbhanj district.
The young leader, who is an electrical engineer, has been working as a dedicated worker of the BJD for about decade. The district’s largest women’s federation, Maa Ambika Mahila Mandal having more than 1 lakh members, including 30,000 dedicated members in the constituency, has decided to support Paikray in the elections.
They have submitted a huge signature-campaign-book to some senior BJD leaders informing that they have passed a resolution to do all efforts to fetch a BJD ticket for Prasant and make him win the Moroda seat.
Besides, Prasanta has also been working as youth president of Shree Sai Foundation in Mayurbhanj district. The foundation’s aim is to help orphan child, empower women and dig ponds in water scarcity areas. He is also an active member of the Sai Karnashrama (an orphanage home) in Rasgobindpur block. He is also a vice-chairman in Ranga Bhumi, a State-level cultural organisation.
Though Prabin Bhanjadeo, a member of Mayurbhanj royal family, won the seat on the BJD ticket in 2009, his popularity seems to have waned as the constituency has witnessed a little progress during his stint and he has turned hostile to the people, the Mandal women members alleged, adding that they would not provide further support to Prabin.
On the other hand, they argued that Prasanta deserves the ticket this time as he is an educated, a strong organiser and dedicated worker and a real lover of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.