India, March 14 -- The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has shifted its MLAs out of the state capital ahead of the March 16 Rajya Sabha elections in Odisha. Altogether 77 BJP MLAs were shifted to Paradip after a training session today evening.Altogether 77 BJP MLAs were shifted to Paradip in Jagatsinghpur district after a training session for the Rajya Sabha polls in the capital city today evening.

Party sources, meanwhile, revealed that four MLAs-Kanhai Danga, Tankadhar Tripathy, Padmalochan Panda and Himanshu Sekhar Sahoo-could not attend today's training session due to some personal reasons. They would join the session tomorrow.

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