About 62.31 per cent voter turnout was recorded as of 5 pm across the 96 constituencies in the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha elections on Monday, according to the Election Commission of India (ECI).
The voter turnout was recorded at approximately 52.6 per cent till 3 pm across 10 States/Union Territories in the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha elections on Monday, according to the Election Commission of India (ECI).
Union Minister and the BJP's Lok Sabha candidate from Odisha's Sambalpur urged people to demonstrate their electoral support for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and vote him back for a third, straight term in office in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.
Union Minister and BJP candidate from Sambalpur, Dharmendra Pradhan emphasised that a change in Odisha was undeniable as people were very upset with the present Biju Janata Dal regime.
Of the 96 Lok Sabha seats, 25 are from Andhra Pradesh, 17 from Telangana, 13 from Uttar Pradesh, 11 from Maharashtra, eight each from Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal, five from Bihar, four each from Jharkhand and Odisha, and one from Jammu and Kashmir.
96 parliamentary constituencies from nine States and one Union Territory will go to the polls. All the Lok Sabha constituencies of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana vote in a single phase. Andhra Pradesh and Odisha will also hold assembly elections on May 13.
Biju Janata Dal leader and star campaigner of the party, VK Pandian on Sunday shared a comparative analysis of Gujarat and Odisha on various indicators, showing how Odisha is performing well ahead of Gujarat on various parameters.
"Odisha's natural wealth is coal and you take coal from Odisha but you have forgotten to increase the royalty in the last 10 years. The Prime Minister is remembering Odisha only at election time, which will be of no use. Do you remember the promises you made in 2014 and 2019?" Naveen Patnaik
Haryana clinched their spot in the semi-finals from Group B in the 28th Senior Women's National Football Championship for Rajmata Jijabai Trophy Final Rounds, edging mighty Manipur 1-0 at the Kishore Bharati Stadium in Kolkata on Saturday.
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Odisha Chief Minister and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) supremo Naveen Patnaik on Saturday confidently claimed that the BJP won't secure a victory in Odisha for the next decade.
Hitting back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's comments relating to the Naveen Patnaik government in Odisha, BJD on Saturday said he comes to give booster dose to state BJP leaders as they as they do not have hope of coming to power but "even booster dose will not help