In a first, Naveen to contest two assembly seats

Bhubaneswar | Tuesday | 19th March, 2019

Summary:

He listened to them,” Acharya said.Acharya had fought from the Bijepur assembly seat in 2014 but had been defeated by Congress’s Subal Sahu by a narrow margin of around 450 votes. “People from all walks of life had requested him to contest from the western part of the state. The report — attributed to the Odisha Police’s State Intelligence Branch and dated March 15, 2019 — suggested he contest the polls from Rourkela, Bijepur, Balangir or Titilagarh.Odisha Police called the report fake. “A fake document purported to be assessment report of some assembly segments by Odisha Police Intelligence Department has been shown in a press meet by a political party. Quoting the purported intelligence report, BJP’s youth wing state president Tankadhar Tripathy said, ‘Naveen fears he may lose from Hinjili’.The 'intelligence report' further said, “Lack of amenities and infrastructure causing significant dissatisfaction among the local people..