Bhubaneswar, May 7 -- The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) alleged the BJP of distributing cash and pressurising voters in Rourkela ahead of Odisha Elections 2024.

A delegation of BJD including star campaigner Sulata Deo met the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) today in this regard and lodged a complaint against the BJP seeking a probe into electoral misconduct and intimidation by BJP's mandal president Sapteswar Patra and his aide Jagababandhu Sahoo.

The BJD alleged that Sapteswar Patra and a group of his supporters were distributing money at Vishwakarma Basti area of Ward No. 37 under Rourkela Municipal Corporation of Rourkela Assembly Constituency on Monday night.

According to the complaint, Last night on May 6, Sapteswar Patra, the mandal presid...