Odisha Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) RS Gopalan Friday instructed the District Election Officer (DEO) and Superintendent of Police to ensure that all political functionaries and party workers from outside the Nuapada constituency leave the area after the end of campaigning for the bypoll.

Addressing a press conference in Bhubaneswar, Gopalan said the 48 hours preceding the polls is generally known as the silence period.

The CEO said campaigning will end for the Nuapada bypoll November 9 evening, as polling is due November 11.

“Conduct checks at community halls, Kalyan Mandaps, and similar facilities to ensure no outsiders are staying there and set up border check-posts to monitor movement of vehicles from outside the constituency,” the CEO told the SP and DEO of Nuapada.

He asked the d

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