BJP Declares Ashwini Vaishnaw As RS Candidate For A Second Term
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Ending all speculations in the state's political circle, Odisha's main opposition party BJP declared Ashwini Vaishnaw as the candidate for the Rajya Sabha Seat, to be vacated by him on April 3.
Bhubaneswar, Feb 14: Ending all speculations in the state's political circle, Odisha's main opposition party BJP declared Ashwini Vaishnaw as the candidate for the Rajya Sabha Seat, to be vacated by him on April 3.
He is very likely to win the seat.
Notedly, Vaishnaw won the Rajya Sabha seat in 2019 and his term will end on April 3.
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✨Earlier, Biju Janata Dal (BJD)'s two Rajya Sabha candidates, former MLA Debasish Samantray and party leader Subhasish Khuntia filed their nomination papers yesterday in the presence of the party's president and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and other party members.