Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik congratulated Biju Janata Dal (BID) candidate Deepali Das for her landslide victory in the Jharsuguda Assembly by-election
The Chief Minister, who is also the president of the BJD, spoke to Deepali and congratulated her.
While advising Deepali to work for speedy development of Jharsuguda, Naveen also thanked the people of the Assembly constituency for ensuring the victory of the BJD candidate.
The Biju Janata Dal on May 13 registered a landslide victory in by-election for the Jharsuguda Assembly segment, which was lying vacant following murder of then Health and Family Minister Naba Kishore Das.
Deepali Das, daughter of the slain leader and BJD candidate, defeated Bharatiya Janata Party Tankadhar Tripathy by a huge margin of 48,721 votes. Ms. Das secured 1,07,198 votes while her nearest rival Mr. Tripathy got 58,477 votes. Congress candidate Tarun Pandey trailed at distant third with only 4496 votes.
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