The Bharatiya Janata Party has announced the names of two candidates from Odisha for the upcoming 2026 Rajya Sabha biennial elections. State BJP resident Manmohan Samal and former MP Sujeet Kumar have been nominated as BJP candidates from Odisha. The Rajya Sabha election for four vacant seats will be held on the 16th of this month.
The last date for filing nominations is on the 5th of March. Scrutiny of nominations will take place on the 6th of March, and the last date for withdrawal is the 9th of March. Voting will be conducted from 9 am to 4 pm on the 16th of March, and counting will take place on the same day.
Earlier, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) had announced two Rajya Sabha candidates. BJD president Naveen Patnaik approved the names of Santrupta Mishra and Dr Datteshwar Hota. Dr Hota, the common candidate of the BJD and Congress for the Rajya Sabha, has met Congress MLAs in Bhubaneswar seeking their support.
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