Bhubaneswar, Aug 20 (PTI) BJP on Tuesday announced Mamata Mohanta as its candidate for the Rajya Sabha by-poll in Odisha that was necessitated as she resigned from the Upper House of Parliament as a BJD MP and switched over.
Mohanta’s re-election to Rajya Sabha was certain considering the BJP’s strength in the assembly.
In the 147-member assembly, the BJP has 74 MLAs, while the BJD has 51 legislators, the Congress has 14, and there are three Independent MLAs, and one CPI(M) MLA.
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After quitting the Naveen Patnaik-led BJD and giving up her Rajya Sabha membership on July 31, Mohanta joined the BJP on the next day.
The election is scheduled on September 3 and the deadline for filing nominations ends on Wednesday.
“I am very happy that the BJP leadership has chosen me as a candidate for the post which I vacated,” Mohanta told reporters.
Asked if she had joined the BJP after being promised a re-nomination in the seat, she said, “There was no such talk in this regard. I have all along been seeking to work for the people of Mayurbhanj and the Kudumi community. The BJP has given me the opportunity. I was not getting scope to work for the people in BJD.” Mohanta was elected to the Rajya Sabha as a BJD candidate in April 2020, and she gave up her membership with 18 months left for her six-year tenure. PTI AAM AAM SOM
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