Bhubaneswar: The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and Congress party have ramped up their campaign for the high-stakes Nuapada bypoll in Odisha, scheduled to be held a week from now i.e, on November 11.

The impending by-election has emerged as one of the keenly contested political battles in Odisha in the recent years. The three major political parties in the state have deployed a battery of politicians and activists to woo voters in Nuapada.

The bypoll was necessitated due to the death of sitting BJD MLA Rajendra Dholakia on September 8. Dholakia had been elected to the Odisha Assembly from Nuapada seat for four times since 2004.

He first won the Assembly election from Nuapada as an Independent nominee and then retained the seat in 2009, 20

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