Tag: Rajya Sabha Election

BJP names ex-Tripura CM Biplab Deb for Rajya Sabha election
BJP names ex-Tripura CM Biplab Deb for Rajya Sabha election

Dental surgeon-turned-politician Manik Saha, who became Chief Minister on May 15, a day after Deb resigned, and was elected to the Assembly in the June 23 by-elections, resigned from the Rajya Sabha on July 4, causing the vacancy.

  • Saturday, 10 September 2022
Odisha Rajya Sabha polls: BJD may field women in 2 of 4 seats  
Odisha Rajya Sabha polls: BJD may field women in 2 of 4 seats  

Notably, three BJD seats, which will fall vacant on July 1, are presently held by Prasanna Acharya, N. Bhaskar Rao and Sasmit Patra, all leaders from the ruling party. 

  • Tuesday, 24 May 2022
Rajya Sabha election: Who from Odisha... All eyes now on CM Naveen’s move
Rajya Sabha election: Who from Odisha... All eyes now on CM Naveen’s move

It is discussed in the political circle that Kalikesh Singh Deo, Pushpendra Singh Deo, Chairman of Western Odisha Development Council Asit Tripathy, OTDC Chairperson Shreemayee Mishra, Raseswari Panigrahi, Jogesh Singh, Nalini Pradhan and Prabhas Singh are the contenders from Western Odisha.

  • Thursday, 12 May 2022
Polls to 3 Rajya Sabha seats from Odisha on June 10
ECI issues notification for polls to 3 Rajya Sabha seats from Odisha, election on June 10

The term of office of 57 members of the Council of States elected from as many as 15 states is due to expire on their retirement between June-August this year.

  • Thursday, 12 May 2022
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Who will make the cut for Rajya Sabha from Odisha?

Bhubaneswar: With notification for election already published, BJD which holds the majority with 118 MLAs in the 147 Odisha Assembly is likely to field its candidates for the three vacant posts of Rajya Sabha soon. The party’s strength will go upto 119 MLAs after Rita Sahu, who was recently elected from Bijepur, takes oath as […]

  • Saturday, 24 July 2021
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Transgender to contest Rajya Sabha by-poll in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: With an aim to raise transgender issues in the parliament, transgender Meghna Sahoo on Thursday purchased the nomination form for the Rajya Sabha election. Meghna was the first person to purchase the nomination form required to contest the polls to the upper house of parliament from Odisha Assembly secretariat. The 30-year-old transgender, accompanied by […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
Patel wins Gujarat Rajya Sabha election

Gandhinagar: In a jolt to BJP, Congress candidate Ahmed Patel on Wednesday scraped through to notch a victory in a bitterly-contested Rajya Sabha election against all out efforts of the BJP to check his attempt to seek a fifth term. Patel, 68, the powerful political secretary to Congress President Sonia Gandhi, is said to have […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
Votes of two Congress MLAs who cross voted were not counted by Patel camp

Gandhinagar: The two Congress MLAs who showed their ballots in the Rajya Sabha election in Gujarat to BJP leaders belonged to the Shankersinh Vaghela camp, and their votes were not being counted by the Congress camp for Ahmed Patel. The votes of the two rebel Congress MLAs — Raghavji Patel and Bholabhai Gohil – have […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
Op-Ed: The Craving For A Rajya Sabha Seat

Every time there is a Rajya Sabha election round the corner, lobbying gathers momentum. Apart from politicians who have failed to win or have little hope of winning a direct election (to the Lok Sabha or Vidhan Sabha), there are countless others – industrialists, activists, journalists, actors and so on – who make a beeline […]

  • Thursday, 10 June 2021
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By-election to Rajya Sabha from Odisha: Who could be lucky ones in CM Naveen's list?

Bhubaneswar: With the release of the notification for the by-election to fill three vacant Rajya Sabha seats from Odisha, speculations are now rife as to who will be the lucky ones to get ruling-BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s nod. For the BJD, which will capture all the three seats given its strength in […]

  • Thursday, 29 April 2021
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Odisha Legislative Council Bill May Change Electoral Maths For Rajya Sabha Seats

Bhubaneswar: With four Rajya Sabha seats from Odisha all set to fall vacant by April this year, speculations have begun over the ruling-BJD’s choices and strategies. Three Rajya Sabha seats will fall vacant following the end of tenure of – Sarojini Hembram, Narendra Swain and Ranjib Biswal. Besides, one more seat in the Upper House […]

  • Wednesday, 21 April 2021
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No Pressure Of Seat-Sharing In RS Polls: BJD

Bhubaneswar: The ruling BJD in Odisha on Tuesday asserted it was not under pressure over seat-sharing for the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls, even as the BJP said it will field candidates for the elections to the Upper House of Parliament. The BJD had last year supported BJP candidate Ashwini Vaishnav in the Rajya Sabha elections, […]

  • Monday, 19 April 2021
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BJP names Scindia as its Rajya Sabha candidate from Madhya Pradesh

New Delhi: The BJP on Wednesday named Jyotiraditya Scindia as its Rajya Sabha candidate from Madhya Pradesh soon after he joined the party. Scinida quit the Congress on Tuesday. He is an influential leader of Madhya Pradesh where 22 Congress MLAs, most of whom loyal to him, have resigned from the assembly in a bid […]

  • Sunday, 18 April 2021
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