Brothers face each other in Odisha Assembly elections

Berhampur: Chikiti Meeting constituency in Odisha’s Ganjam district is all set to witness a contest between two brothers within the forthcoming elections to be held on Could 13.

The brothers dealing with one another within the electoral battlefield are sons of former Odisha Meeting Speaker Chintamani Dyan Samantaray.

Whereas the opposition BJP has fielded youthful brother Manoranjan Dyan Samantaray, his elder brother Ravindanath Dyan Samantaray has been picked up by the Congress. The Congress and BJP declared their candidatures on Tuesday.

Their father Chintamani Dyan Samantaray, a senior Congress chief, was elected 3 times from Chikiti – twice as an unbiased (1980 and 1995) and as soon as on a Congress ticket (1985).

Whereas junior Samantaray unsuccessfully contested the meeting elections twice – on Congress ticket (2014) and BJP ticket (2019), his elder brother is contesting for the primary time.

The Biju Janata Dal has fielded Chinmayananda Srirup Deb, son of the state’s City Improvement minister Usha Devi as its candidate from the Chikiti meeting seat, as Usha Devi was reluctant to contest this time attributable to her age-old drawback. Usha Devi had been elected from the seat 5 instances.

“I’ve been energetic in Congress since my father’s interval. In consequence, I bought a ticket from the social gathering to contest. Will probably be a contest between two ideologies and never between two brothers,” stated Ravindranath.

Manoranjan claimed that he was very energetic in politics for the final a number of years and bought the BJP ticket to contest the election.

“Some vested pursuits might need instigated my brother to contest in Congress ticket to create disturbance within the household. Nevertheless, it could haven’t any influence on my ballot prospects,” he stated.

Chintamani Dyan Samantray stated attributable to his unwell well being, he may not marketing campaign.

The 84-year-old veteran chief, nevertheless, stated he was a Congressman and opposed the insurance policies of the BJP.

“My youthful son’s choice to contest on BJP ticket was his personal choice. In democracy, we can’t impose our choice on anybody,” he added.

Nabarangpur district in southern Odisha will witness a combat between an aunt and her nephew within the Odisha Meeting election to be held on Could 13.

Kausalya Pradhan, the aunt has been fielded by BJD from the Nabarangpur Meeting seat whereas her nephew Dilip is the Congress candidate for a similar constituency.

“It is a combat of two events and never precisely between aunt and nephew,” stated Dilip.

Kausalya stated the elections could have no influence on their household relationship.

Members of the family contesting towards one another in elections is just not new in Indian politics, stated J Okay Baral, a retired professor of Political Science in Berhampur College.

“Prior to now, we’ve seen a number of such cases. Not stunned that two brothers are difficult one another in the identical constituency,” Baral stated.