Pipili Bypolls Adjourned As Congress Candidate Ajit Mangaraj Dies

Puri: Pradip Kumar Sahoo, Additional District Magistrate (Puri) and Returning Officer for the Pipili bye-elections on Friday knowledgeable that voting for the Pipili bye-polls which was scheduled on April 17 has been deferred. The determination was taken following the demise of Congress candidate for the bypoll, Ajit Mangaraj, this night.
Speaking concerning the improvement, Pradip Kumar Sahoo stated that the choice to postpone the Pipili bye-elections was taken after Bhubaneswar-based Apollo Hospital apprised them concerning the demise of Mangaraj as a result of COVID 19.
Sahoo stated that the bye-elections have been deferred in keeping with Section 52 of the Representation of People’s Act 1951 which says if the candidate of a recognised National Party or State Party dies, the ballot is adjourned.
Order on the postponement of by-election has been handed and a replica of this order has been despatched to the Election Commission of India and the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha, he added.