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Naveen Patnaik is a former five-time Chief Minister of Odisha (File). Bhubaneswar: Ex-Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s Biju Janata Dal – which helped ex-ally Bharatiya Janata Party pass key bills in the Modi government’s first two terms, when it lacked numbers in the Rajya Sabha – seems to have firmly switched sides now and labelled itself…
Lok Sabha and Assembly elections are being held simultaneously in Odisha. Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s close aide and senior BJD leader VK Pandian on Tuesday claimed the opposition BJP has “committed nine self goals” during the ongoing Lok Sabha and Odisha Assembly polls thus boosting the regional party’s electoral prospect. Mr Pandian claimed that…
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Amid the escalating backlash, Mr Patra took to social media to clarify his statement. New Delhi: BJP leader Sambit Patra found himself in the eye of a political storm following an unfortunate slip of the tongue. During an interaction with media after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s roadshow in Odisha’s Puri yesterday, Mr Patra suggested that…
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The party plans to continue and expand initiatives like the KALIA scheme. Bhubaneswar: The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Thursday unveiled its manifesto for the simultaneous Lok Sabha and assembly polls to make Odisha the No. 1 state in the country by 2036. Releasing the regional party’s manifesto, BJD president Naveen Patnaik announced the…
The Congress and BJP declared their candidatures on Tuesday. Bhubaneswar: Chikiti Assembly constituency in Odisha’s Ganjam district is all set to witness a contest between two brothers in the forthcoming elections to be held on May 13. The brothers facing each other in the electoral battlefield are sons of former Odisha Assembly Speaker Chintamani Dyan…
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Soumya Patnaik was earlier removed from the party’s vice-president post on September 12. (File) Bhubaneswar: BJD president Naveen Patnaik on Thursday expelled two MLAs including Soumya Ranjan Patnaik, also the owner-editor of Odiya daily Sambad, on charges of anti-people activities. “Two MLAs have been expelled from the BJD. They are Sudhansu Sekhar Parida from Remuna…
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