Berhampur: Morning walkers in Odisha’s silk metropolis have been shocked to see the leaders of ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and opposition Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP) exchanging candy phrases once they met throughout a marketing campaign on the MKCG Medical Faculty Floor right here.
The leaders of various political events have now adopted a method to start out election campaigning early within the morning from parks and playgrounds the place individuals collect for his or her morning walks and each day train.
The individuals within the medical school floor have been amused to see BJD’s Berhampur meeting constituency candidate and celebration’s Ganjam district president Ramesh Chandra Chyaupatnaik and BJP’s Berhampur Lok Sabha seat candidate Pradeep Panigrahy campaigning on the medical school floor.
Each the leaders have been accompanied by their supporters. When Chyaupatnaik and Panigrahy got here nose to nose, being junior in age, Panigrahy greeted Chyaupatnaik with folded palms.
The supporters of each the leaders, who have been shouting slogans in opposition to one another stopped when two senior leaders greeted one another. Nevertheless, when BJD supporters raised Jai Jagannath slogan the BJP supporters responded by chanting Jai Sri Ram.
Each Chyupatnaik and Panigrahy have been arch-rivals within the Ganjam district politics. Nevertheless, Panigrahy respects Chyupatniak as a senior chief as he had labored below him. Panigrahy the Gopalpur MLA was expelled from BJD in 2020.
Elections to the Berhampur Lok Sabha and Berhampur Meeting section will probably be held on Might 13.
(Printed 14 April 2024, 06:31 IST)
