odisha elections: Polls divide families as fathers, sons take different political routes in Odisha

A minimum of three veteran politicians in Odisha are going through a wierd state of affairs at residence on this election time since their sons are contesting the polls with tickets from rival political events. Sons of Congress leaders Suresh Routray and Chintamani Dyan Samantaray, and BJP‘s Bijoy Mohapatra are contesting elections from events not linked to their fathers.

Senior Congress chief and Jatani MLA Suresh Routray has been issued a present trigger discover by the disciplinary committee of the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) for allegedly campaigning for his son Manmath Routray, who’s a ruling BJD candidate from Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha seat.

Routray (80), a six-time MLA from Congress, who introduced to not contest the elections this time, was discovered campaigning for his son Manmath in numerous parks within the state capital.

“I’ve not advised anybody to vote for my son, however when individuals are asking me if they need to solid their votes for my son, I’m telling them sure,” Suresh mentioned.

“Sure, I’ve advised folks to vote for my son as a result of they ask me what to do. If AICC or the PCC desires to punish me, I’ll settle for it. However I might be a Congressman until my dying,” Routray mentioned.

He additional claimed that he’s a person of ideas. For former Odisha Meeting Speaker and veteran Congress chief from Ganjam district, Chintamani Dyan Samantray, the state of affairs is a bit of bit troublesome. His sons are within the fray, one from the Congress and one other from the BJP.

He’s in a repair as he doesn’t know whom to vote for since his sons are the principle contestants.

Whereas the opposition BJP has fielded his youthful son Manoranjan Dyan Samantaray, his elder son Ravindanath Dyan Samantaray has been fielded by the Congress.

Chintamani Dyan Samantaray, a senior Congress chief, was elected thrice 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 a Congress ticket (2014) and a BJP ticket (2019), his elder brother is contesting for the primary time this 12 months.

“I’ve been lively 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,” mentioned Ravindranath.

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

“Some vested pursuits may need instigated my brother to contest in Congress ticket to create disturbance within the household. Nonetheless, it could don’t have any impression on my ballot prospects,” he mentioned.

Chintamani Dyan Samantray mentioned because of his sick well being, he may not marketing campaign for any of his sons. The 84-year-old veteran chief, nevertheless, mentioned he was a Congressman and opposed the insurance policies of the BJP.

“My youthful son’s resolution to contest on the BJP ticket was his personal resolution. As a father, I can’t impose our resolution on him,” he added.

In Kendrapara district, veteran BJP chief and former minister Bijoy Mohapatra, a longstanding political opponent of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, can be in hassle.

His son Arabinda Mohapatra has been fielded as a BJD candidate from the Patkura assembly section.

Although not lively within the BJP, Bijoy continued to stay within the saffron party and had additionally contested the final meeting elections from the Patkura meeting section.

This time, his son is a candidate from BJD. He, nevertheless, had blessings for his son when he joined the BJD, and the regional social gathering fielded him as a candidate.

Mohapatra was against BJD for over twenty years and this time together with his son being a candidate, appeared to have softened his stand. He has began canvassing for his son Aravinda throughout a gathering in Kalapada.

“I’ve knowledgeable BJP state president Manmohan Samal concerning the actions of Bijoy. The social gathering will quickly take correct motion in opposition to him,” mentioned Kishor Panda, president of the Kendrapara district unit of BJP.

Senior BJP chief Baidyanath Chatterjee mentioned it’s unlawful to marketing campaign for the BJD candidate, possibly his son since he (Bijoy) remains to be a member of the saffron social gathering.

In the course of the 2000 election, Bijoy, one of many founders of the ruling social gathering, was barred from contesting from the Patkura Meeting seat after the BJD denied him a celebration ticket on the final second.