BJD candidate for the ensuing by-poll for Umarkote assembly seat, Subhas Gond, today moved the Election Commission seeking security.
Faced with a threat from Maoist ultras, BJD candidate for the ensuing by-poll for Umarkote assembly seat, Subhas Gond, today moved the Election Commission seeking security.
"Our candidate from Umarkote has informed the Election Commission about the threat from Maoists. I am hopeful that adequate security arrangement will be made," Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, who is also BJD president, told reporters here.
Gond, who was a close associate of the slain BJD MLA Jagabandhu Majhi, is contesting the bypoll scheduled to he held on November 30.
The by-poll is being held in Umarkote of Nabarangpur district after suspected Maoists gunned down sitting MLA Jagabandhu Majhi on September 24.
Panic gripped Umarkote assembly segment after Maoists pasted posters in several places asking people to bycott the November 30 by-polls. They warned the ruling BJD candidate that they would face dire consequences if they contested the by-poll.
There are only three candidates in the fray. Congress and BJP have also fielded one candidate each for the seat.
"The police have been asked to provide adequate security to all the three candidates for the by-poll," chief secretary BK Patnaik said.
The police were also watching the development in Umarkote and Raighar area of Nabarangpur district, he said.
Besides cautioning the ruling party candidate, the Maoists posters made serious allegation against the slain BJD MLA Jagabandhu Majhi.
The posters written in Hindi and Odia languages accused the ex-MLA Majhi of being responsible for the murder of a mother-daughter duo.
They (Maoists) held the state government responsible for increasing incidents of crime in Nabarangpur areas, allegedly by the activists of the ruling BJD.
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