Bhubaneswar: The ruling BJP and Opposition BJD and Congress are pulling up their socks to keep the party machinery battle ready for the by-election to Nuapada Assembly constituency scheduled for November 11.

The stakes are high for all parties since it is the first bypoll, necessitated after the untimely demise of BJD MLA and former minister Rajendra Dholakia on September 8, since the Mohan Majhi government assumed office, leading to a complete change in the state’s political landscape. ADVERTISEMENT

Congress has already named Ghasiram Majhi as its nominee. The 63-year-old law graduate is an old hand and has a support base of his own, which was evident in the 2024 assembly election when he got more than 50,000 votes as an Independent to finish second behind Dholakia. The then OPCC presi

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