SunstarTV Bureau: From the Biju Jananta Dal (BJD) newly elected Pipili MLA Rudra Pratap Maharathy on Tuesday took oath at the Speaker’s Chamber of the Odisha Legislative Assembly in Bhubaneswar.
Speaker Surjya Narayan Patro administered him the oath of office and secrecy.
Pertaining to mention here that, Maharathy had won the bypoll to the Pipili Assembly constituency by 20,916 votes. He got 96,972 votes while BJP’s Ashrit Pattanayak secured second position with 76,056 votes. Congress candidate Bishwokeshan Harichandan Mohapatra received 4,261 votes.
A total of 1,80,930 votes including 893 postal ballots were counted while 136 votes were rejected due to various reasons.
As many as 10 candidates were in fray for the seat lying vacant after the death of sitting BJD lawmaker Pradeep Maharathy, father of Rudra Pratap, in October, last year.
