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BJP, BJD and Congress bury differences over Kotia as Andhra polls loom on November 5
Ruling and opposition parties in Odisha agreed at an all-party meeting in Koraput to jointly resist Andhra Pradesh's rural local body elections in the disputed Kotia villages on November 5. Prohibitory orders under Section 163 of the BNSS kick in from November 1, and the district administration has filed a contempt petition in the Supreme Court.
A neighbour's ballot paper reopens a 60-year border fight
Andhra Pradesh's election notification for three villages of Kotia has reopened Odisha's oldest border dispute. Odisha's minister accused Naveen Patnaik of covering past failures; the BJD chief asked why the BJP government is silent.
Odisha's mineral dues, Kotia and Mahanadi: BJD says BJP too weak to fight
The BJD has accused the BJP of compromising Odisha's mineral revenue and of going soft on the Kotia and Mahanadi disputes. Naveen Patnaik wrote to Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi over Andhra Pradesh's panchayat poll notification in disputed Koraput villages.
Naveen questions silence on Andhra's Kotia poll notification
BJD president Naveen Patnaik has asked Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi why the State government is silent on Andhra Pradesh notifying panchayat elections in three villages of the disputed Kotia Gram Panchayat, asking whether political dependence on the TDP is behind the silence.