Just before the announcement of the result of the by-election to the Jharsuguda Assembly seat in Odisha, the Speaker Vikram Kesari Arukh resigned. Vikram Kesari Aarukh’s resignation surprised everyone. Arukh, who was on the post of speaker for a year, himself informed the journalists about his resignation. He said on Friday that he has submitted his resignation to the deputy speaker of the assembly.
Vikram Kesari Arukh said that as long as he speaker of the assembly Well, he faithfully discharged his responsibility. He will continue to work faithfully in the upcoming political life as well. Naveen Patnaik’s party Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Arukh said that whatever responsibility the party will give him, he will fulfill it sincerely.
Arukh’s sudden resignation and his statement has intensified the discussion of reshuffle in the Odisha cabinet. Let us tell you that in June 2022, the Chief Minister of Odisha, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had reshuffled his cabinet. At that time all the ministers had resigned from their posts. The then speaker Surya Narayan Patra had also resigned.
After the resignation of Surya Narayan Patra, Vikram Kesari Arukh was made the Speaker of the Odisha Legislative Assembly. Vikram Kesari has been winning from Arukh Bhanjanagar assembly seat continuously since 1995. Even before becoming the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, he had been a minister in the state government. It is discussed that once again he can be made a minister.
Odisha: BJD’s Deepali Das defeats BJP’s Tankadhar Tripathi in Jharsuguda, Congress’s deposit forfeited
On the other hand, Deepali Das of BJD has won unilaterally in the by-election on Jharsuguda assembly seat. He defeated Tankadhar Tripathi of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by more than 48 thousand votes. 9 candidates were in the fray in the by-election. Deepali got maximum 1,07,198 votes. BJP got 58,477 votes. Congress’s Tarun Pandey got 4,496 votes and could not even save his deposit.
