Bhubaneswar,Nov 27: BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik today named Narendra Swain as the party candidate for the lone Rajya Sabha (RS) seat which fell vacant following the demise of MP Kalpataru Das.
Rajya Sabha by-poll scheduled to be held on December 14.
“Narendra Swain, the General Secretary of the Biju Janata Dal, has been nominated as the party candidate for the Rajya Sabha election,” BJD president Naveen Patnaik announced at his residence here.
“I am a dedicated worker of the party. I have discharged my duties as and when the party has delegated any work to me. I am grateful to party supremo’s decision. I will work for the party with utmost dedication. Besides, I will raise the issues related to Odisha in the Parliament” Narendra Swain said post the announcement.
Yesterday, the Odisha Legislative Assembly had issued a formal notification for the by-poll to a Rajya Sabha seat.
As per the notification, the filing of nominations process began yesterday and the last date for filing nominations is December 3. While, the verification of nomination papers is on December 4, the last date of withdrawal of nominations is on December 7. The polling and counting of votes will be held on December 14.
The new member’s term of office would have ended on April 2, 2020
