Wednesday, December 7, 2022

Padmapur Bye-Elections a watershed in Odisha Politics..

 

 The voting to the Padmapur Bye Elections , will be a closely watched political affair  as it is bound to have an impact on the political scenario of Odisha . The Naveen Patnaik led government has had an uninterrupted regime of more than 20 years , and the way the ruling party was managing elections , opposition had no answers ..Dhamnagar results changed it all , and the difference of ten thousand between the winning BJP and the losing BJD candidate has come as an eye opener for the party . Naveen Patnaik was forced to be physically present with the voters and on December 2 when the CM reached Padmapur and promised to give the voters a District , the fear of losing another bye election was palpable .

If BJD wins the margin of victory will be closely dissected , as anything less than 5000 votes could be another warning to the party managers . If BJP wins , it could suddenly be free for all , as the Central Party , which coincidently is winning Gujarat , will smell blood and bay for it .The State and Central relationship , which has been extremely cordial , could change for once and all and the BJP state leaders will get a free hand to go hammer and tongs against the State Government .If BJP wins scores of Central Ministers will be regularly visiting Odisha and the sweet tone for the BJD regime is bound to change into a different unpalatable taste ….

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