Notification Issued For Rajya Sabha Polls In Odisha
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The lone Rajya Sabha seat from Odisha will go to polls along with 11 other vacant seats from nine states on September 3.
Bhubaneswar, Aug 14: The Odisha Assembly on Wednesday issued a notification for election to one Rajya Sabha seat from the State.
According to the notification, the lone Rajya Sabha seat from Odisha will go to polls along with 11 other vacant seats from nine states on September 3.
The last date for filing of nomination is August 21 and the scrutiny will be held on August 22. The last date for withdrawal of candidature is August 27.
The seat fell vacant after Rajya Sabha MP Mamata Mohanta resigned from the seat and also quit the (Biju Janata Dal) BJD on July 31, two years before completion of her tenure.
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✨Mohanta was elected to the Upper House on April 3, 2020. After quitting BJD, the tribal leader joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
The vacant seat is likely to be bagged by the ruling BJP, which has 78 MLAs in the 147-member House. The opposition BJD has 51 MLAs followed by 14 of the Congress, one of CPI(M) and three independent legislators.
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