2020 Rajya Sabha Election on March 26,2020 - Naveen Patnaik announces BJD candidates for four seats from Odisha

Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday March 07,2020 announced the names of the BJD candidates for the elections to four Rajya Sabha seats that are set to fall vacant next month

Patnaik, who is the president of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), nominated Subhas Singh, Munna Khan, Sujit Kumar and Mamata Mahanta for the Rajya Sabha polls.

Four of the 10 Rajya Sabha seats from Odisha will fall vacant after the completion of tenure of three BJD lawmakers — Anubhav Mohanty, Narendra Kumar Swain and Sarojini Hembram — and Congress member Ranjib Biswal on 2 April.