By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: Odisha Assembly Speaker Surjya Narayan Patro on Wednesday administered the oath to the two newly-elected MLAs belongs to ruling BJD here at a small function.
Ruling BJD’s winning candidates Swarup Kumar Das and Bijay Shankar Das sworn in as the MLAs of Balasore Sadar and Tirtol Assembly Constituencies, respectively.
The ceremony will be followed by an all-party meeting in the House. In the meeting, discussion will be held on procedures to be followed during the Winter Session of the House scheduled from November 20 to December 31. The meeting will also decide if the session will have Question Hour.Ahead of the Winter Session, COVID-19 testing of MLAs began yesterday and will continue till tomorrow.
BJD’s Bijaya Shankar Das had defeated BJP’s Rajkishore Behera by a huge margin of 41,703 votes in Tirtol. Das, son of late BJD MLA Bishnu Charan Das. Swarup Kumar Das defeated BJP candidate Manas Kumar Dutta by a vote margin of 13,351 votes to secure the Balasore seat.
