Bhubaneswar: The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) massive victory in the Nuapada by-election is being hailed as a resounding success for the collaborative leadership of Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and State BJP President Manmohan Samal. The result provides crucial political validation for the new administration’s governance model and organizational strategy, cementing the Majhi-Samal duo’s authority in the state.

The Nuapada by-poll, the first electoral battle since the BJP ended the BJD’s 24-year rule in 2024, was widely seen as a litmus test for the new government. The nearly threefold increase in the BJP’s vote share and the massive margin of victory (over 83,000 votes) is being directly attributed to the focused campaign spearheaded by the Chief Minister and the organizational ma

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