Pipili Bypoll

BJD Candidate Rudra Pratap Maharathy won the Pipili Bypoll by an improved margin of over 20,000 votes - much better than Pradeep Maharathy's 2019 margin.

Who will win the Pipili bypolls? BJD or BJP? Will the BJD continue its victory march that continues unabated over the years? Can BJP pull off a thrilling win? People in Odisha are divided although political pundits want to put their bet on…

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and Congress released the list of star campaigners for the upcoming Pipili bypoll.

Putting all speculations into rest, the Congress Party has named Bishwokeshan Harichandan Mohapatra as its candidate for Pipili Bypoll.

The office of Chief Electoral Officer announced that the Pipili By-election will be held on May 13 while counting of votes is scheduled to take place on May 16.

Congress candidate for by-election to Odisha's Pipili Assembly segment, Ajit Mangaraj succumbed to Covid-19. News, Politics

Sambit drew flak for his tweets and most slammed him saying there was nothing wrong to announce development projects in other regions.

Ahead of Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's rally in Pipili, Jajpur MLA and BJD's Organisational Secretary Pranab Prakash Das took a dig at him on Twitter.

BJD has named Pradeep Maharathy's son Rudra Pratap Maharathy as its candidate for the by-election in Pipili assembly seat. Odisha Politics

Ashrit Pattanayak had given a tough fight to Late Pradeep Maharathy in Pipili by securing 72,731 votes. He lost by a margin of 15,787 votes.