BJD doling out cash, alleges Dharmendra Pradhan

Union minister and senior BJP leader Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday accused the BJD of distributing cash for votes in Balasore Lok Sabha seat of Odisha.

"Cash-for-votes has been BJD's go-to method to sway voters. The news of involvement of government officials in distribution of money in the premises of state government Mission Shakti Bhawan in Remuna assembly is deplorable. A CM that claims to be number one has to resort to such undemocratic and unfair methods to gain electoral advantage. BJD has made a joke of free and fair elections," Pradhan wrote on social media platform 'X'.

He further appealed to the Election Commission of India to take strong action against BJD's use of money and muscle power in elections.