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The ruling BJP successful Odisha has shifted each its MLAs to the larboard municipality of Paradip up of the Rajya Sabha elections scheduled connected March 16.
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The BJP MLAs, including Ministers, boarded 2 luxury buses to the larboard municipality aft a important gathering with elder enactment leaders astatine the BJP authorities enactment office present connected Saturday (March 14). The gathering was attended by Odisha BJP president Manmohan Samal, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and elder enactment leaders.
The BJP has fielded Mr. Samal and re-nominated MP Sujeet Kumar arsenic the authoritative candidates and backed enactment person and hotelier Dilip Ray arsenic an Independent campaigner successful the Rajya Sabha elections.
The BJP MLAs volition enactment astatine a luxury edifice successful Paradip owned by Mr. Ray, enactment sources said.
While boarding the bus, Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister K.C. Patra said, "We are definite to triumph 3 of the 4 Rajya Sabha seats going to polls connected March 16. The enactment has already prepared a strategy. The MLAs volition beryllium imparted grooming astatine Paradip earlier they instrumentality to Bhubaneswar to formed their votes." Law Minister Prithiviraj Harchandan besides expressed assurance that the 3 candidates volition triumph the polls.
"Wait till Monday evening," helium said, adding that the saffron enactment MLAs volition be a peculiar grooming league connected the voting process astatine Paradip to guarantee flawless voting.
Meanwhile, BJD MLAs connected Saturday (March 14, 2026) evening attended a "priority" gathering convened by enactment president Naveen Patnaik.
On the different hand, Congress MLA from Mohana, Dasarathi Gomango, has gone "incommunicado".
"We are trying to interaction him, but person not been capable to scope him truthful far," Congress Legislature Party person Rama Chandra Kadam said.
Congress MLA from Barabati-Cuttack, Sofia Firdous, expressed her displeasure with the enactment backing the BJD-nominated communal campaigner Dr Datteswar Hota.
"The knowing with BJD whitethorn beryllium harmful for the Congress," she said, but did not divulge whether she volition spell by the enactment determination to ballot for Hota.
The BJD has fielded enactment person Santrupt Misra arsenic its authoritative campaigner and named eminent urolologist Dr Datteswar Hota arsenic the communal campaigner supported by Congress and CPI(M).
Addressing a property conference, CPI(M) MLA Laxman Munda said helium would ballot for Dr Hota arsenic per the determination of the party.
The contention is mostly betwixt Ray and Hota, who are warring for the 4th seat. While the BJP is definite to triumph 2 seats, the BJD volition container 1 spot arsenic per the numbers successful the Assembly. However, neither enactment has the numbers to triumph an further spot for which they fielded Independent candidates.
