In the wake of BJP’s resounding victory in the Nuapada by-election, the party’s Rajya Sabha MP Sujit Kumar has sparked a fresh political debate by predicting a strong haul for his party in the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls from Odisha.

With four seats set to fall vacant next year, Kumar claimed that the BJP is poised to secure at least three, leaving just one for the opposition BJD, amid intensifying speculation in political circles.

The vacancies arise in April 2026, when the terms of four sitting Rajya Sabha members from Odisha conclude: BJP’s Sujit Kumar and Mamata Mohanta, alongside BJD’s Munna Khan and Niranjan Bishi. The election for these seats will hinge on the numerical strength in the state assembly, where BJP currently holds 82 MLAs, BJD has 51, and Congress 14. The recent BJP wi

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