KENDRAPADA, April 22 -- To contest the poll is certainly not the cup of tea of a person with poor financial strength as these days elections have become highly expensive, at times running into crores.
As a matter of fact, a former MLA has had to sell his ancestral property to meet his daughter's poll expenses who is contesting elections this time.
According to sources, the incident has happened in Aul. Though he and his father are former MLAs with their family representing a rich political legacy, former Congress MLA Debendra Sharma whose daughter is contesting election from Aul Assembly seat this time didn't have the resources required to meet the expenses. Consequently, he sold off his 5 decimal homestead land in his native village at N...