BHUBANESWAR: Even as a few non-resident Odias have enrolled themselves to vote in Odisha, an expat undertook a 20-hour journey from Dubai to Sambalpur, to cast his vote in the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections. Priyadarshee Panigrahi, voted in the third phase polls at Bhutapada in Sambalpur on Saturday. Residing in Dubai since 2008, Panigrahi said it was his duty to vote, like every other citizen of the country. After taking a flight from Dubai to Kolkata, he reached Sambalpur by road on the day to vote. My late father had represented Sambalpur in the Odisha Assembly twice.
