<span style="color: #222222;">In Odisha, voting is underway for the by-election to the Brajrajnagar assembly seat. More than two lakh fourteen thousand voters are expected to cast their franchise today. Voting began at 7 in the morning in 279 booths which are being manned by more than 1200 polling personnel. Adequate security arrangement has been made to ensure the smooth conduct of the polls. The seat, for which 11 candidates are in the fray, is witnessing a triangular contest among the ruling Biju Janata Dal, BJP and the Congress. The seat fell vacant following the demise of BJD's sitting MLA Kishore Mohanty. </span><br />