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. 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. “People from all walks of life had requested him to contest from the western part of the state. 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. “I will contest from Bijepur apart from Hinjili this time,” he said on Monday.Away from the state capital of Bhubaneswar, western Odisha has traditionally voted against the incumbent government..