Rajya Sabha Elections

Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has served show-cause notices to six of its MLAs for defying the party whip during the March 16 Rajya Sabha election for four seats from Odisha. The MLAs – Chakramani Kanhar (Baliguda), Naba…
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Bhubaneswar: In a swift disciplinary action, the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) on Tuesday suspended three of its MLAs, Sofia Firdous, Ramesh Jena, and Dasarathi Gomango, for cross-voting in the recent Rajya Sabha elections,…
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Bhubaneswar: Amid charges of horse-trading and cross-voting, Odisha BJP president Manmohan Samal, sitting MP Sujeet Kumar, BJD’s Santrupt Misra and former Union Minister Dilip Ray, who contested as an Independent, were on Monday declared…
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Bhubaneswar: In a major blow to the opposition alliance in Odisha’s Rajya Sabha elections, at least 11 MLAs from the Congress and BJD reportedly defied their party directives and cross-voted in favour of BJP-supported independent candidate…
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Bhubaneswar: Amid fears of cross-voting ahead of the Rajya Sabha elections in the State, Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) has issued show cause notice to party MLA Dasarathi Gamango, who remains incommunicado ahead of the crucial…
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New Delhi: A day ahead of the deadline, former Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday filed her nomination for the Rajya Sabha election from Rajasthan, at the state assembly in Jajpur. She was accompanied by Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka…
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Bhubaneswar: Hours after being renominated for Rajya Sabha from Odisha, senior BJP leader and Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw arrived in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday. He is on a two-day visit to the state and is likely to file his…
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Bhubaneswar: Elections for 56 seats of Rajya Sabha or the Upper House of the Parliament are scheduled to take place on February 27. These seats are spread across 15 states and the last day for filing nominations is February 15. However,…
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New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: BJP on Wednesday released another list of five candidates for upcoming Rajya Sabha polls, fielding Union ministers Ashwini Vaishnaw from Odisha and L Muruan from Madhya Pradesh. The election of Vaishnaw to Rajya…
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Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) nominees for Rajya Sabha elections Debashish Samantaray and Subhasish Khuntia filed their nominations in the Odisha Assembly building in the presence of party president Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday. While…
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