Odisha BJP shifts its MLAs to Paradip ahead of Rajya Sabha polls
The Hindu
Odisha BJP shifts its MLAs to Paradip for Rajya Sabha polls, ensuring strategic training and preparation ahead of the elections.
The ruling BJP in Odisha has shifted all its MLAs to the port town of Paradip ahead of the Rajya Sabha elections scheduled on March 16.
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The BJP MLAs, including Ministers, boarded two luxury buses to the port town after a crucial meeting with senior party leaders at the BJP state party headquarters here on Saturday (March 14). The meeting was attended by Odisha BJP president Manmohan Samal, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and senior party leaders.
The BJP has fielded Mr. Samal and re-nominated MP Sujeet Kumar as the official candidates and backed party leader and hotelier Dilip Ray as an Independent candidate in the Rajya Sabha elections.
The BJP MLAs will stay at a luxury hotel in Paradip owned by Mr. Ray, party sources said.
While boarding the bus, Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister K.C. Patra said, "We are certain to win three of the four Rajya Sabha seats going to polls on March 16. The party has already prepared a strategy. The MLAs will be imparted training at Paradip before they return to Bhubaneswar to cast their votes." Law Minister Prithiviraj Harchandan also expressed confidence that the three candidates will win the polls.
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