<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">Newly elected MLA of Jharsuguda, Deepali Das, of the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) took oath as legislator of the Odisha Assembly today.</span></p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">She was administered the oath by Deputy Speaker of Odisha Legislative Assembly, Rajanikant Singh, at his chamber. Deepali had won the by-poll held for the Jharsuguda Assembly constituency on 10th of this month by defeating her nearest BJP candidate Tankadhar Tripathy by a margin of 48,721 votes.</span></p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">The by-poll was necessitated after the killing of Deepali's father Naba Kishore Das, a Cabinet minister in the Naveen Patnaik government.</span></p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">Revenue Minister Pramila Mallick and Handlooms, Textiles and Handicraft Minister Rita Sahu and many senior officials of the Odisha Legislative Assembly were present at the oath-taking meeting. Deepali had met Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik yesterday after winning the by-poll.</span></p>