CM Naveen Congratulates Barsha Singh Bariha For Spectacular Win

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister & BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik has congratulated his party candidate Barsha Singh Bariha for her landslide victory in the Padampur bypoll.

Patnaik also thanked the people of Padampur for electing Barsha as their representative.

“I decided to join the campaign trail after I found some BJP leaders insulting our candidate Barsha who had lost her father. I wanted to support her like a father and brother,” Naveen said.

“I thank the people of Padampur assembly constituency and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for believing in me. I will work hard for the development of the people and the area and fulfil the dreams of my father,” said Barsha Bariha.

BJD’s Barsha Singh Bariha defeated her nearest rival, BJP’s Pradip Purohit by a margin of 42,679 votes.

While Bariha secured 1,20,807 votes, Purohit got 78,128 votes and Congress candidate Satya Bhushan Sahu received only 3,594 votes.

This is the highest-ever margin that a candidate has won in Padampur Assembly Constituency. Earlier in 1990, Barsha Singh Bariha’s father Bijay Ranjan Singh Bariha had defeated Satya Bhushan Sahu with a margin of 30,410 votes. However, Barsha has broken her father’s record this time.