BJD accuses Odisha minister Nityananda Gond of poll code violation - OrissaPOST

BJD lodges complaint against Odisha Minister, BJP candidate over Model Code of Conduct violation

Bhubaneswar: The main Opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Tuesday lodged a formal complaint with the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Odisha against School and Mass Education Minister Nityananda Gond, and others alleging violation of the Model Code of Conduct in the ensuing Nuapada bypoll.  The party has also mentioned the BJP’s Nuapada bye-election candidate Jay Dholakia, and the authority of an educational institution in Nuapada district in th…

BJD accuses Odisha minister Nityananda Gond of poll code violation - OrissaPOST

Bhubaneswar: The Opposition BJD Tuesday lodged a complaint with the Election Commission against Odisha minister Nityananda Gond, alleging that he violated the model code of conduct by campaigning at a government college for the BJP candidate in the Nuapada bypoll. Gond, the minister of school and mass education, ST & SC development, and minorities & backward classes welfare, used the premises of Gopinath GNM Nursing Training College at Nuapada M…

Nuapada Bypoll: BJD Moves Odisha CEO Over Minister Gond’s ‘Political’ Meeting On College Campus

Bhubaneswar: A BJD delegation on Tuesday moved the chief electoral officer (CEO), Odisha, alleging violation of model code conduct (MCC) by a Cabinet Minister, and sought his intervention to ensure free and fair by-election to Nuapada Assembly constituency. The party alleged that Minister of School and Mass Education, ST & SC Development, Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare Nityanand Gond campaigned for BJP nominee Jay Dholkia while addressing…