OLA withdraws facilities to Ramesh Rout

"As the Supreme Court has upheld the judgement of the Orissa High Court which had quashed Rout`s election to Athgarh segment, he will not be getting facilities as an MLA from December 9," Amat announced in the assembly. Stating that the OLA had received a communication from the apex court, Amat said that the order will be effective from the date of the judgement. Rout, an independent candidate, was elected to the OLA in 2009 general elections. His election was challenged by Ranendra Pratap Swain, whose nomination paper was rejected by the authority showing some "technical faults".