Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) candidates Debashish Samantaray and Subhasish Khuntia today filed their nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha election, in the presence of party Supremo CM Naveen Patnaik and other leaders.
The ruling BJD on Monday announced the names of former MLAs Debasish Samantray and Subhasish Khuntia as party candidates for Rajya Sabha seats. The ruling party, however, has not announced its third candidate.
The elections will be held for three Rajya Sabha seats from Odisha, as the terms of Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Prasant Nanda, and Amar Patnaik in the Upper House will end in April next year.
As per the notification, the last date for filing nominations is February 15, while the last date for withdrawing is February 20. The polling will be held on February 27.
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