Parties on tribal voter wooing spree

CPI(M) supports Cong candidate

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With the bypolls in the Nuapada Assembly Constituency just round the corner, all the three major political parties— BJP, BJD and Congress— are trying to woo the tribal voters in the area. Tribals constitute more than 33 per cent of the total electorate of the constituency.

‘The Congress has fielded Ghasiram Majhi, a local tribal man from Nuapada, while the BJD candidate Snehangini Chhuria hails from the SC community. The BJP nominee Jay Dholakia is from the general category.

In the 2024 Assembly elections, BJD candidate Rajendra Dholakia had won the seat, defeating Ghasiram Majhi, who had contested as an Independent after he was denied a ticket by the Congress. The BJP candidate had finished third.

Keeping in view the key role of tribals in Nuapada, all the parties have prepared separate strategies to woo the tribals, who constitute 33.80 per cent of the 2.53-lakh electorate.