Substitution filed to continue plea against Dasburma election

The younger brother of deceased Congress leader Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra today filed in the Orissa High Court a plea seeking substitution of name to continue proceedings of the latter's petition challenging the election of minister Sanjay Dasburma.
Lalatendu (52) died last month after a prolonged illness. He had filed a petition challenging election of Dasburma.
Dasburma was elected from Brahmagiri Assembly segment in Puri district in April 2014 elections defeating Lalatendu by a slender margin of 1341 votes.
Mohapatra had filed the petition urging the high court to declare the election of the BJD leader from the constituency as "void" on the ground that the poll processes were completely vitiated.

According to the provisions of Representation of the People Act, proceedings in the election petition shall remain operative in the event of the death of the petitioner, if any other voter of the segment offers to be a substitute petitioner.
Lalitendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra has filed the plea seeking substitution of name.
"Lalitendu, the brother of Lalatendu is a voter of the same constituency and he has filed a petition seeking substitution of the name," informed the original petitioner's counsel Pitanmbar Acharya.