Bhubaneswar, Oct 14 (PTI) Opposition BJD’s late MLA Rajendra Dholakia’s son Jay will file nomination paper for the November 11 by-poll to Odisha's Nuapada assembly segment on Thursday, though the saffron party has not yet officially announced his name.

This was stated by BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP Sujeet Kumar, who quit the BJD and joined the saffron party after the 2024 General Elections in which the regional party was defeated.

“Accompanied by chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi and other senior leaders of the party, Jay Dholakia will file nomination on October 16,” Kumar said.

The by-poll in Nuapada is necessitated due to the death of Rajendra Dholakia on September 8. Though his son was tipped to become BJD candidate in the by-poll, he switched over to the BJP on October 11.

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