Ex-BJP MP Sujeet Kumar files nomination papers for Rajya Sabha seat on BJP ticket
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Ex-BJP MP Sujeet Kumar files nomination papers for Rajya Sabha seat on BJP ticket

Hindustan Times  

BHUBANESWAR: Former Biju Janata Dal leader Sujeet Kumar, who resigned from the party and his Rabha Sabha seat in September, on Monday filed his nomination for the by-election to the Upper House on a Bharatiya Janata Party ticket. Sujeet Kumar filed his nomination papers in the state assembly in the presence of chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi, BJP state unit president Manmohan Samal, deputy chief minister KV Singh Deo Kumar filed his nomination papers in the state assembly in the presence of chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi, BJP state unit president Manmohan Samal, deputy chief minister KV Singh Deo, and other senior party members. Kumar, 49, was earlier named as the party candidate by the BJP’s Central Election Committee. Mamata Mohanta, a Kudumi leader from Mayurbhanj district, who resigned from the Rajya Sabha and BJD on July 31, later joined the BJP and was elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha.

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