The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Tuesday, complained with the Election Commission against Ghasiram Majhi, the Congress candidate for the upcoming Nuapada by-election, demanding rejection of his nomination papers for allegedly concealing his criminal record in the affidavit filed with the poll panel.
According to BJP sources, during the 2024 general elections, Congress candidate Majhi had declared the two cases registered against him at the Nuapada police station.
The BJP also alleged that Majhi however, in the affidavit submitted to the Election Commission for the upcoming Nuapada by-election, has not mentioned the two pending cases against him.
Both cases are still pending trial in the court of the Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate in Nuapada.
The BJP delegation accused that Majhi h