BJD fields Santrupt Misra and Dr Datteswar Hota for Rajya Sabha election

Bhubaneswar: Putting all speculations to the rest, Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik today named Santrupt Misra and Dr Datteswar Hota as party candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha election in Odisha.

According to Patnaik, Santrupt Misra will be the BJD candidate for the assured seat, given the number of MLAs it has in the Odisha assembly, while Dr Datteswar Hota is fielded as the common candidate for the fourth seat.

While announcing the names of the candidates at his residence, the BJD supremo said, “For the Rajya Sabha election, our party has decided to give two candidates. The first candidate for the third seat is Dr Santrupt Misra, a senior member from our party. The second candidate for the fourth seat is a common candidate Dr Datteswar Hota, a renowned doctor from Odisha, who was the first Vice Chancellor of Odisha University of Health Sciences (OUHS) and is also the principal of SCB Medical College.”