Bhubaneswar, March 3 (IANS) Former Union Minister and noted hotelier Dilip Ray on Tuesday announced to contest the Rajya Sabha elections as an independent candidate. Speaking to media persons, Ray said, “I will be filing the nomination as an independent candidate for the Rajya Sabha polls on March 5. I have talked to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, Odisha BJP chief Manmohan Samal and secured their support.”The senior politician, who was elected to the upper …
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Bhubaneswar, March 3 (IANS) BJP MLA Prakash Chandra Sethi on Tuesday expressed confidence that the BJP will secure the maximum number of seats in the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections from Odisha.Sethi asserted that several MLAs from both the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and the Indian National Congress (Congress) are going to extend support to the BJP candidate in the interest of the state.The BJP MLA claimed that internal dissatisfaction within Congress and BJD could influence the voting pattern. Accord…
Bhubaneswar, Feb 28 (IANS) Biju Janata Dal (BJD) President Naveen Patnaik on Saturday named senior party leader Santrupt Misra and urologist Datteswar Hota as the two candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections.Addressing media persons, Patnaik said, “For the Rajya Sabha election, our party has decided to nominate two candidates.”“Senior party leader Santrupt has been nominated for the third seat. For the fourth seat, the party has chosen Datteswar Hota as a common candidate,” he s…