By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: The outcome of Balasore and Tirtol in Jagatsinghpur is likely to have a strong impact on Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s COVID-19 management.
The outcomes certainly boost morale of the State Government and from now onwards, Naveen Patnaik is likely to strengthen the COVID-19 management in a more dignified manger, sources said.
Had the BJD performed poor in twin by polls, it would have signalled as an erosion of people’s support for the Government’s COVID-19 management strategy. Now, the results will enable Government to take timely and tough measures, they said.
The BJD’s stake in state politics has further increased as the regional party candidate not only retained its seat in Tirtol, but also wrested the Balasore Assembly seat from BJP.BJD candidate Swarup Kumar Das, debutant in electoral politics in Balasore defeated his nearest BJP nominee Manas Kumar Dutta by a margin of 13,351 votes.
In Tirtol, BJD’s BIjay Shankar Das defeated BJP candidate Rajkishore Behera by a whopping margin of 41,703 votes in Jagatsinghpur district which happens to be a traditional stronghold of the ruling party.
