Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president and former Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday alleged that leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were violating the 36-hour silence period ahead of the Nuapada by-election, scheduled for November 11. He urged the Election Commission of India (ECI) to take immediate action to ensure free and fair polling.

Taking to social media platform X (formerly Twitter), Patnaik stated that political leaders and campaigners from outside a constituency are required to leave the area once the legally mandated silence period begins.

“Contrary to this, we have reliable information that ministers, MLAs, and leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from outside Nuapada are freely moving around and attempting to influence voters through unfair means

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