Bhubaneswar: As per the Supreme Court’s order, the Election Commission has asked the parties to make public the criminal record of each candidate. This information is also being made public on behalf of the political parties. As the BJP has announced its candidates in 18 Lok Sabha seats, the party today made their criminal record public.
BJP has announced the criminal cases of candidates from 11 Lok Sabha seats namely Koraput, Keonjhar, Dhenkanal, Mayurbhanj, Nabarangpur, Sambalpur, Kendrapada, Bargarh, Sundergarh, Baleswar and Berhampur Lok Sabha seat. There are 5 cases in the name of Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan who has been feilded from Sambalpur. Out of 11 seats, Pradeep Manigarahi of Berhampur has a maximum of 9 cases in his name.
There is a case in the Rayagada court against Kaliram Majhi, the BJP candidate for the Koraput Lok Sabha seat. Similarly, there are seven cases in Kamakhyanagar Special Court, Parjang JMFC, Cuttack Rural JMFC, Angul and Dhenkanal SDJM, Bhuban JMFC and Rourkela SDJM courts in the name of Rudra Narayan Pani, candidate for Dhenkanal seat.
There is one case in the court of Keonjhar SDJM in the name of Ananta Nayak, candidate for Keonjhar Lok Sabha seat, but its hearing has not started. There is one case in the court of SDJM in the name of MLA Naba Charan Majhi, the candidate of the Mayurbhanj Lok Sabha seat. There are two cases in the court of Nabarangpur SDJM and Jharigaon JMFC in the name of Nabarangpur candidate Balabhadra Majhi.
There are 5 cases in the name of Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, candidate for Sambalpur seat. These cases are in the courts of Kuchinda SDJM, Kamakshanagar SDJM, Mayurbhanj Special Judge and Sessions Judge, Bhanjnagar SDJM and Bhubaneswar Special JMFC. The final report has been given in two cases.
Kendrapara seat candidate Baijayant Panda has 8 similar cases. Kendrapara SDJM and Konark JMFC have one case each, while all other cases are in Cuttack and JMFC courts. No charges have been framed in these cases. Pradeep Purohit, Bargarh seat candidate has 8 cases in ADJ Court.
There are 2 similar cases in the name of Sundergarh candidate MP Jual Oram in the court of Bhubaneswar JMFC. All these cases have been transferred from Rourkela and Bonai. There are 9 cases in the name of Pradeep Panigarahi, candidate of Berhampur seat, in Bhubaneswar PMLA Court, Bhubaneswar Special Court, Berhampur MP/MLA Special Court. There is a case
There is a case in the court of Jajpur Road JMFC in the name of Baleswar candidate Pratap Sarangi. On behalf of the BJP, Manas Ranjan Mohanty, general secretary (organisation) of the party has written an answer as to why they have been nominated despite these declarations and the case.
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