Bhubaneswar, Sept. 9 -- Political arena in Pipili is warming up fast with high-voltage campaign by three major political parties-BJD, BJP and the Congress for the ensuing bypoll to the Assembly constituency.

The Election Commission Of India (ECI) has announced a fresh schedule for the long pending by-election to the assembly segment. As per the fresh notification issued by ECI, the bypoll in the constituency will be held on September 30 while the counting of votes will be carried out on October 3.

The candidates of three parties- Rudra Pratap Maharathy of BJD, Ashrit Pattanayak of BJP and Bishwokeshan Harichandan Mohapatra of Congress have already hit campaign trail with house-to-house visit in various villages to convince people to vot...