The Opposition BJD Tuesday lodged a complaint with the Election Commission against Odisha minister Nityananda Gond, alleging that he violated the model code of conduct by campaigning at a government college for the BJP candidate in the Nuapada bypoll.

Gond, the minister of school and mass education, ST & SC development, and minorities & backward classes welfare, used the premises of Gopinath GNM Nursing Training College at Nuapada Monday for political purposes, BJD spokesperson Lenin Mohanty alleged.

Though the meeting was reportedly organised under the banner of the Gond Samaj, its content and purpose were overtly political, aimed at influencing voters in favour of the BJP candidate, he alleged in the complaint.

Mohanty said such actions not only erode public confidence in the fairness

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