BHUBANESWAR: The ruling BJD on Wednesday announced its support for the candidature of BJP’s Ashwini Vaishnaw in the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections in Odisha.The candidature of Union minister Vaishnaw was announced by the BJP earlier this morning.Soon after the development, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, in a statement said, the BJD supports Vaishnaw’s candidature for the “larger interest of the state’s railways and telecom development”.”The Biju Janata Dal will support the candidature of Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Minister, Railways, Communication and Information and technology for the larger interest of state’s railways and telecom development in the ensuing election to Rajya Sabha-2024,” Patnaik said in the statement.
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