BJD accuses BJP of sabotaging democracy in Odisha student union polls

Bhubaneswar, Oct 9 (UNI) The opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Friday accused the BJP-led Odisha government of using administrative machinery to influence college students' union elections in favour of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and demanded an immediate end to government interference in campus politics. The paty also alleged that democratic rights of students were being undermined through political interference, selective cancellation of polls and intimidation. Addressing newsmen at the party headquarters, senior BJD general secretary Bhrugu Baxipatra, Biju Yuva Janata Dal president Chinmay Sahu and Biju Chhatra Janata Dal president Ipsita Sahu alleged that BJP ministers and…