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Hours after initiating a process for the election of its Odisha unit chief, the BJP on Sunday put the poll on hold in view of recent stampede during the Rath Yatra festivities in Puri, the party sources said.
Three persons, including two women, were killed and over 50 others were injured in the stampede near Gundicha Temple in the wee hours of today at around 4.20 AM.
Balasore MP Pratap Chandra Sarangi, who has been appointed as the state returning officer for the party's organisational poll, said that the election for both state president and national council members from Odisha has been "put on hold".
An unfortunate incident ...