Tag: Rajya Sabha Polls

4 BJD candidates file nominations for Rajya Sabha polls
4 BJD candidates file nominations for Rajya Sabha polls

Following a meeting with the party supremo and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik via video conferencing, the BJD leaders submitted their nominations to the returning officer in presence of some other senior party leaders

  • Tuesday, 31 May 2022
Nomination filing for RS polls from today, BJD may give priority to women candidates
Nomination filing for RS polls from today, BJD may give priority to women candidates

BJD leader Usha Devi said that priority will be given to women in candidate selection

  • Tuesday, 24 May 2022
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BJD candidates elected to Rajya Sabha uncontested

Bhubaneswar: Three Biju Janata Dal (BJD) candidates – Soumya Ranjan Patnaik, Achyuta Samanta and Prasanta Nanda were elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha on Thursday after the last date of withdrawal of nomination ended today. Returning officer Patil Rajesh Prabhakar declared the names of three ruling party candidates as elected members to the upper house of […]

  • Saturday, 24 July 2021
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BJD leaders file nomination for Rajya Sabha seats

Bhubaneswar: Three Biju Janata Dal leaders- Soumya Ranjan Patnaik, Achyut Samanta and party spokesperson Prasanta Nanda – filed their nomination papers for three Rajya Sabha seats here on Friday. They filed their papers before the Returning officer at the Odisha Legislative Assembly in presence of Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik. Several Ministers and […]

  • Saturday, 24 July 2021
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RS Polls: BJD candidates to file nomination today

Bhubaneswar: Three senior Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leaders - Prasanna Acharya, Bishnu Das and N. Bhaskar Rao – named as party candidates for the biennial Rajya Sabha elections, would file their nomination papers on Monday.

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Naveen to decide on candidates for RS polls

With the Election Commission today announcing elections to 57 Rajya Sabha seats across 14 states on June 11, the ruling BJD has left the decision on selection of the candidates to party supremo and chief minister Naveen Patnaik

  • Monday, 19 July 2021
Ranjib Biswal wins Rajya Sabha 4th seat

Bhubaneswar: Amid much hue and cry, Congress nominee Ranjib Biswal emerged victorious defeating his nearest rival Raghunath Mohapatra in Rajya Sabha elections. Similarly, BJD candidates Kalpataru Das, Anang Uday Singh Deo and Sarojini Hembram whose winning possibilities was imminent managed to enter the upper house of Parliament without any hick ups. According to reliable sources, […]

  • Friday, 16 July 2021
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"I have surrendered not only RS poll affair but also all including my life to Lord Jagannath"

Renowned sculptor Padma Vibhushan Raghunath Mohapatra is recently in news not for his artistic creativity but for his desire to enter Rajya Sabha

  • Friday, 16 July 2021
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RS polls: Kalpataru, Sarojini, AU & Raghunath file nominations

The Biju Janata Dal’s Rajya Sabha candidates -Parliamentary Affairs and Panchayatiraj Minister Kalpataru Das, Minister of State for Handlooms, Textiles and Handicrafts Sarojini Hembram....

  • Friday, 16 July 2021
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BJD’s Kalpataru, Sarojini, AU named for RS seats

The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has announced officially three names- Panchayati Raj minister Kalpataru Das, Textiles minister Sarojini Hembram and former minister Anang Uday Singhdeo- for Rajya Sabha biennial elections

  • Friday, 16 July 2021
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Dharmendra Pradhan among 7 Union Ministers renominated to Rajya Sabha

New Delhi: The BJP on Wednesday renominated Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and seven other retiring members which includes seven Union Ministers for the March 23 Rajya Sabha polls. Pradhan along with Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot have been shifted to Madhya Pradesh while Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has been nominated from […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
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Five candidates in fray for Four RS seats from Odisha

Five candidates, including three ruling BJD legislators, remained in the race for the four Rajya Sabha seats from Odisha in February 7 as no candidate withdrew their nominations on....

  • Monday, 21 June 2021
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Papers of three independent candidates rejected

The nomination papers of three Independent candidates...

  • Monday, 21 June 2021
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BJP suspects abduction of party MLA before RS polls

On the eve of voting for the Rajya Sabha elections in Odisha on Friday, BJP on Thursday night alleged party MLA Manoj Pradhan was missing and apprehended he might have been abducted

  • Monday, 21 June 2021
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Lobbying begins for Odisha RS race; Naveen keeps cards close to his chest

Bhubaneswar: No sooner did the Election Commission of India (ECI) issue the notification for the three vacant Rajya Sabha seats in Odisha, an intense lobbying has begun in the ruling BJD. The BJD aspirant list for the Upper House not only has politicians, names of former bureaucrats and cine stars are also featuring prominently. The […]

  • Thursday, 29 April 2021
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