Tag: Rs Polls

Bhubaneswar: Out of six nomination papers filed for the biennial Rajya Sabha elections on June 11, the three filed by the BJD candidates have been found valid while three others have been rejected by the returning officer. After scrutiny, it was found out that the nomination papers of only BJD candidates- namely, Prasanna Acharya, Bishnucharan […]

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.

Bhubaneswar/ New Delhi: Rajya Sabha member Pyarimohan Mohapatra on Monday thanked chief minister Naveen Patnaik for offering him the chance to represent Odisha in the upper house twice. In his speech on the last day of the RS session, which is his last as his tenure will end before the next session, Pyari also praised […]

Bhubaneswar: With the dates for the biennial Rajya Sabha polls announced, speculation has begun on who will fill the three seats from Odisha that would fall vacant. Given the fact that BJD has 117 MLAs, it is a foregone conclusion that BJD will win all three seats which will be vacated in due course by […]

Suspense over the support of BJP and Independent legislators still continues as they keep their cards close to their chest about their moves for the fourth seat

To get the support of party MLA...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court today said the option of none of the above (NOTA) cannot be permitted in Rajya Sabha elections. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud has set aside the Election Commission’s notification allowing NOTA option in the ballot papers for Rajya Sabha […]

Odisha PCC revoked its suspension order on yet another MLA today ahead of the February 7 Rajya Sabha elections. The revoking of the suspension of Lanjigarh MLA Sivaji Majhi came a day after the withdrawal of suspension of Chitrakonda MLA Mamata Madhi.

Election Commission appointed special observers for Friday's