Odisha polls phase III: CM Naveen among other heavyweights casts vote

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and many heavyweights today exercised their voting tight in third phase of elections 2019.

Amidst huge crowd and voters standing in long queue, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Supremo Naveen Patnaik entered into the polling booth number 112 at Aerodrome Colony UP School in Bhubaneswar and cast his vote.

BJD Rajya Sabha MP Soumya Ranjan Patnaik also cast his vote at booth number 77 in Khandapara, where he is contesting as the Assembly nominee in the polls.

Similarly, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lok Sabha candidate and former IAS officer Aparajita Sarangi cast her vote at IRC village in Nayapalli in Bhubaneswar.

Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan along his wife also exercised his voting right to elect representatives for both Lok Sabha and Assembly.

Actor turned politician Anubhav Mohanty was also spotted with his family in queue in the morning to cast his vote in Cuttack.

Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) President Niranjan Patnaik cast his vote at booth number 252 in Keonjhar Sadar Assembly Constituency.

BJP’s Cuttack Lok Sabha nominee and former Odisha DGP Prakash Mishra, BJD candidate Bhartruhari Mahtab, Congress’ Lok Sabha candidate KP Singh Deo, BJD Assembly candidate Debasish Samantray were among others who cast their votes at their respective booths.