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  Mohapatra pulls out of OCA polls
01 Jul 2008
 

Doing volte-face, Rajya Sabha member and BJD bigwig Pyarimohan Mohapatra today pulled himself out of the Orissa Cricket Association elections to be held in September or October. Four days after he declared his intentions to contest for the top OCA post, Mohapatra, in a release today, said earlier he had decided to contest in the election, honouring the request of his friends and well-wishers. ``But now the possibility of an early Lok Sabha poll has made it impossible for me to spare my time for the OCA,`` Mohapatra said.

 

Though the Rajya Sabha member has promoted the game in a limited way, e had never tried to be a part of the OCA administrative setup. ``I gave my consent to contest with an intention to develop the game further. I took the decision on the request of the people who are closely associated with the game,`` Mohapatra had explained. But while doing so, he was unaware that he would face lots of problems in the run-up to the first electoral battle of his life.

 
   

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