Frizzter: In the poll season, candidates are known to adopt a unique way to connect to voters.
Given the restrictions imposed on the campaign in Pancrayat elections because Covid-19, Rojalini Behera has been about the strategy to defeat the sidewalk and also take the eyeball.
Sweet, Chandramukhi and Odisha Tiger, all street dogs, accompanied Rojalini 23 years and her father Kalu Charan Behera on a campaign footprint.
Rojalini, a nurse by the profession, is the Sarpanch candidate from Maulabhanja Panchayat in the Sanakhemundi block from the Ganjam district.
He has used street dogs to drive home after following the Covid protocol and road safety regulations besides the usual appointment to be delivered as Sarpana if he wins.
While one of the sports dogs, two masks wear during campaigning.
“Along with our election campaign, we also begged people to follow the Covid-19 protocol and wear helmets to save themselves during the accident,” Rojalini said.
He also distributed masks on the campaign lane and urged them to use it to keep Covid in Bay.
“I have seen deaths because of Covid and what he did for the family.
I also saw the victims of the accident while on duty at the hospital.
Life can be saved by using a helmet,” said Rojalini, who served as a nurse at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar and the hospital Managed by the government in the block before making him seek politics elections.
Ask about the reason for choosing a street dog during a campaign, Rojalini said, “The idea of ​​using the dogs came after the State Election Commission limited the number of people in the door campaign to the fifth door.” On Monday, the election panel increased by 20, but Rojalini said, “Because the dogs get a lot of attention, I will continue.”