RS polls: Odisha BJP shift its MLAs to Paradip

BHUBANESWAR: (Mar 15) The ruling BJP in Odisha on Saturday evening shifted all its MLAs to the port town of Paradip ahead of the Rajya Sabha elections on March 16.

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. The meeting was attended by Odisha BJP president Manmohan Samal, chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi, senior party leaders and the BJP's central observer for Rajya Sabha polls.

The BJP has fielded its Odisha unit president, Manmohan Samal and re-nominated MP Sujeet Kumar as the official candidate and backed party leader and hotelier Dilip Ray as an Independent candidate in the Rajya Sabha elections.