By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR/NEW DELHI: Days after the Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan met ECI, a delegation BJD MPs led by Party’s leader in Rajya Sabha, Dr. Sasmit Patra along with MPs Chandra Sekhar Sahoo, Niranjan Nishi and Muzibullah Khan on Thursday submitted a memorandum to the Chief Election Commissioner in New Delhi.
The BJD has levelled serious allegations against the leaders and workers of the BJP Odisha unit for indulging in electoral illegalities and malpractices during the ongoing campaigning in the Dhamnagar assembly bypoll.
In the memorandum, the BJD apart from alleging that BJP leaders and workers in Odisha are indulging in electoral illegalities and malpractices during the ongoing campaigning in the Dhamnagar Assembly by-poll in Odisha are wilfully and maliciously tarnishing and defaming the image of Mission Shakti Women Self Help Group members which is extremely sad and unfortunate.
The BJD delegation cited about fake and fictitious videos are being manufactured by Odisha BJP leaders and being circulated in social media stating that Mission Shakti (Women Self Help Group) members or popularly known as Mission Shakti Maa are distributing money in this election.
Huge money power is being used by Odisha BJP leaders and workers to illegally Influence the voters of Dhamnagar. Whenever the Odisha BJP realizes its upcoming electoral defeat as is in the case of the Dhamnagar Assembly by-poll, they immediately start pumping illegal cash to influence voters.
Strict action and strong vigilance must be undertaken in the Dhamnagar by-poll by the Election Commission of India to ensure that the Odisha BJP leaders and workers do not succeed in illegally influencing voters through money power, they said.
