Bhubaneswar, July 17 -- By Ashutosh Mishra
Bhubaneswar: Chief minister, Naveen Patnaik seems to have made the Patkura assembly poll a prestige issue. What else can explain the ruling Biju Janata Dal's (BJD) excessive focus on a constituency where the party already enjoys a strong base. Patkura, in any case, is part of Kendrapara district which enjoys the reputation of being a BJD bastion.
So what is it that makes Patkura so important for the party that so many ministers and BJD MLAs are camping there? Opposition parties, specially the Congress, have mocked the BJD leadership for its excessive attention to this coastal constituency where the elections had to be postponed following the death of former MLA and BJD candidate, Bed Prakash Agar...