Politics

The BJD sources are confident of 25,000+ margin, while BJP expects to win by 5,000-10,000 votes.

Voting for the Padampur Assembly Constituency in Bargarh district began on Monday amid tight security. Polling will continue till 4pm today.

Padampur Bypoll: Silent voters still hold the key. Who impressed them? Barsha or Kuna Purohit? Naveen or Dharmendra?

The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has lodged strong protest with the State Election Commission (SEC), demanding strict and exemplary action against BJP leaders Jual Oram, Jayanarayan Mishra and Pradip Purohit for making offensive statements about BJD candidate for the Padampur by-poll, Barsha Singh Bariha.

"It seems that you are tired now. You are not even able to understand anything," said Dharmendra in a rare attack on the BJD supremo.