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…
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Bhubaneswar, Feb 26 (IANS) With the declaration of the schedule for the biennial Rajya Sabha poll, the three major political parties of the state, ruling BJP and the Opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and Congress have stepped up efforts to finalise candidates for the four vacant seats from Odisha.Reacting to the Rajya Sabha election notification, Manmohan Samal, President of the BJP’s Odisha unit, said the party will soon finalise its strategy and candidates.“Now that the notification has bee…