Former Congress MLA in Odisha, Debendra Sharma, representing the Aul meeting constituency from 2014 to 2019, has taken a big step to support his daughter’s candidacy within the upcoming Assembly elections. Struggling with the mounting expenses related to the marketing campaign, Sharma just lately made the choice to promote a portion of his ancestral land in his native village.
The sale of 5 decimal homestead land displays Sharma’s dedication to making certain his daughter’s candidacy is satisfactorily supported, regardless of going through monetary challenges. He has expressed considerations over the lack of monetary help from the Congress party, attributing it to the freezing of party accounts by the Income Tax division.
What did the ex-MLA say?
“My daughter Dr. Debasmita Sharma (28), is contesting the polls from the constituency where both my father and I were previously elected as MLAs,” he stated, highlighting the monetary pressure on the household due to the heavy marketing campaign spending by rival candidates, making it difficult to meet the required poll expenses.
Debasmita, following within the footsteps of her father and grandfather, left her job as a authorities physician to pursue a profession in public service.
Sharma defined that the marketing campaign funds offered by the party for his daughter had been inadequate. “Consequently, faced with compelling circumstances, I made the difficult decision to sell a piece of our ancestral land in the village to generate additional resources for her campaign,” he stated.
Sharma hopeful of her daughter’s victory
Despite being pitted in opposition to outstanding opponents like Odisha minister Pratap Keshari Deb of BJD and BJP’s Krushna Chandra Panda, Sharma stays hopeful that voters will place their belief in his daughter. Debasmita was unavailable for remark due to her busy marketing campaign schedule.
It must be famous right here that simultaneous meeting and Lok Sabha polls will likely be held in Odisha, beginning May 13. The outcomes of voting will likely be declared on June 2.
(With PTI inputs)
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