Bhubaneswar, April 23 -- Resentment is brewing among the supporters of sitting MLA Samir Dash after the BJD denied him a ticket from the Nimapara constituency for the upcoming Assembly elections in Odisha. The ruling party preferred Dilip Nayak as its candidate instead.

Meanwhile, a purported video of BJD's Puri district observer, Ranendra Pratap Swain has gone viral in which he revealed the reason why the party ticket was not given to Dash.

In the purported video, Swain revealed that all the public representatives of the Nimapara constituency were invited to Sankha Bhawan on April 20. In a virtual message to them, Swain said that the party was ready to give a ticket to Dash. However, he was denied the ticket due to the changing situati...