Bhubaneswar, March 23 -- In its tryst with experimentation politics, the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has now made Bijepur a political laboratory. The experiment started since 2018 by-election reached the zenith when Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik decided to make a poll debut from the assembly constituency in order to make a winning formula for BJD in Western Odisha.
However, the buzz doing round is will CM Naveen Patnaik sweep the Bijepur battle in style to record books?
When Naveen made an electoral debut in 2000 Odisha Assembly Elections from Hinjli, he polled a high of around 65 per cent of total votes cast. And after peaked to a high of 76 per cent vote share in 2009, total votes polled by CM Naveen Patnaik in Hinjli dipped to around ...