Bhubaneswar, March 5 -- Odisha BJP chief Manmohan Samal and Sujeet Kumar on Thursday filed their nominations for the Rajya Sabha elections in Bhubaneswar.

The nominations were filed in the presence of Mohan Charan Majhi, the Chief Minister of Odisha, along with other leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Speaking to reporters after filing his nomination, Samal said the decision was taken by the party leadership. "The party made this decision and I filed my nomination," Samal said.

Earlier in the day, BJP's Rajya Sabha candidate Rahul Sinha filed his nomination in Kolkata here on Thursday.

Sinha submitted his nomination papers in the presence of Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari and West Bengal BJP ...