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The Hindu
Former MLAs fighting panchayat elections to revive their political fortunes
Politicians are known to be adept at sizing up the situation and putting their best foot forward. However, in a curious turn of events, one former Cabinet Minister and many former MLAs have climbed down career ladders to fight panchayat polls to reinvent themselves in politics.
Though the decision to contest as panchayat samiti member after having held the office of Cabinet Minister and winning the MLA seat for three consecutive terms sounds bizarre, Anjali Behera, former Women and Child Development Minister in the Naveen Patnaik government, justified the move saying she was “starting it all again in a new party.”
In 2012, Ms. Behera was sacked from the Cabinet for allegedly being loyal to Pyari Mohan Mohapatra, former Biju Janata Dal (BJD) dissident leader. She is contesting as panchayat samiti (PS) member from Giridharprasad under Hindol block in Dhenkanal district. Ms. Behera had won Hindol block consecutively in 2000, 2004 and 2009. She was a Minister from 2009 to 2012.
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