College Student, Vegetable Vendor Win Odisha Panchayat Polls
NDTV
A college student, a vegetable vendor, and a dentist won in the three-tier rural polls in the state.
A former Odisha Cabinet minister and son of a ruling Biju Janata Dal MLA lost in the panchayat elections while a college student, a vegetable vendor, and a dentist won in the three-tier rural polls in the state.
BJP leader and former cabinet minister Anjali Behera, who contested for a Panchayat Samiti member seat from Giridhar Prasad gram panchayat under Hindol Block in Dhenkanal district, lost the recently held elections by 826 votes.
Ms Behera, a former three-time MLA from Hindol seat was Women and Child Development and Handloom, Textiles and Handicrafts minister in the Naveen Patnaik government from 2009-2011 and 2011-2012. She was sacked from the BJD for anti-party activities and joined the BJP.
To remain active in politics and to serve the people, she had contested as a Panchayat Samiti member, Ms Behera had told reporters before elections.