Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Sunday submitted a petition to the Odisha Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) RS Gopalan seeking the intervention of the CEO for the removal of Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) posters and banners “affixed” on government properties, including electricity poles and the walls of government offices, schools, and colleges in the Nuapada Assembly constituency.

A delegation of the Opposition BJD, led by Rajya Sabha MP Sulata Deo and senior leader Lenin Mohanty, visited the CEO’s office in Bhubaneswar and submitted the petition.

The party expressed deep concern over the alleged violations of the model code of conduct by the BJP in Nuapada repeatedly.

The BJD, in the petition, also alleged that despite repeated complaints by the party, banners and posters remain affixed on governm

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