Odisha foils fresh Andhra bid to woo Kotia voters ahead of panchayat polls

Odisha foils fresh Andhra bid to woo Kotia voters ahead of panchayat polls

Odisha stopped Andhra officials from installing solar panels and campaigning in disputed Kotia villages ahead of Nov 3 panchayat polls; security stepped up.

Odisha-Andhra police face-off in disputed Kotia region

Bhubaneswar: Tension escalated in the disputed Kotia region of Koraput district on Sunday after Odisha Police stopped a vehicle carrying solar equipment brought by an Andhra Pradesh team for distribution among beneficiaries, triggering a face-off between police personnel from the two states. The incident comes amid growing tensions between Odisha and Andhra Pradesh following the neighbouring state's reported move to initiate the panchayat electi…

Odisha-Andhra Pradesh face-off over Kotia: BJD targets BJP government over border dispute

Bhubaneswar: The long-standing border dispute between Odisha and Andhra Pradesh over Kotia has once again triggered a political controversy, with the opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) launching a sharp attack on the BJP-led Odisha government over its handling of the issue. Addressing the controversy, the BJD played an old video of Dharmendra Pradhan during his […]

Odisha-Andhra Dispute Over Kotia: BJD Seeks PM Modi’s Intervention

Bhubaneswar: On a day when Narendra Modi was in town, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) urged the Prime Minister to intervene in the long-standing dispute between Odisha and Andhra Pradesh over a cluster of villages in Kotia, in Koraput district. The dispute was escalated recently after Andhra Pradesh issued a notification to conduct panchayat elections in the area on November 3.…

BJD seeks PM's intervention to resolve Odisha's Kotia dispute with Andhra - OrissaPOST

Bhubaneswar: The BJD Sunday sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention to resolve the decades-long dispute between Odisha and Andhra Pradesh over the Kotia cluster of villages, amid the southern state issuing a notification to hold panchayat polls in the area November 3. Senior BJD leaders Pradeep Majhi and Bhrugu Buxipatra made the demand at a […]

Odisha Blocks Andhra's Solar Distribution Drive in Disputed Kotia Village

Tensions flared up once again along the disputed inter-state border as the Odisha administration and police successfully thwarted an attempt by neighbouring Andhra Pradesh to distribute free solar equipment in the Kotia region. The incident took place in Upar Sembi village, located within Koraput district, when a team of representatives and employees from Andhra Pradesh […] The post Odisha Blocks Andhra’s Solar Distribution Drive in Disputed Kot…