The opposition BJD in Odisha has said it will lodge a complaint with the Election Commission to seek “justice”, alleging that large-scale “state-sponsored manipulation” took place in the Nuapada bypoll. The PAC was chaired by Leader of the Opposition Naveen Patnaik. (HT Photo/ Arabinda Mahapatra) The decision to lodge the complaint was taken at a meeting of the party’s political affairs committee (PAC), chaired by Leader of the Opposition Naveen Patnaik. “Though we had earlier lodged a complaint in this regard with the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), there was no result. Therefore, the PAC decided to approach the EC,” opposition chief whip Pramila Mallik said on Saturday. She claimed that votes for the BJD were “diverted” by means of EVM manipulation using “official machinery and money power”. “Such rigging was observed in at least 63 polling booths. The votes given to the BJD by people were diverted to some other party. There seems to be manipulation in the EVM also,” she alleged. “The BJP won the bypoll by capturing the votes of BJD through EVM …