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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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Sambit Patra, who is contesting from Puri, apologised after his ramark on Lord Jagannath. Bhubaneswar: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sambit Patra, who was in the soup for his ‘controversial’ remarks relating to Lord Jagannath, cleared the air around his statement, saying that he was apologetic for his ‘slip of the tongue’, and that he…
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New Delhi: The BJP’s Sambit Patra landed in a row today over a comment that hugely offended Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. As Odisha voted for the Lok Sabha and a new assembly in the Fifth Phase of election, Mr Patra told reporters that the Lord Jagannath, the presiding deity of Puri, “is Modi’s bhakt”….
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Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan will be contesting from the Sambalpur seat Bhubaneswar, Odisha: The BJP on Sunday announced the names of its candidates for 18 of the 21 Lok Sabha seats in Odisha, while dropping four sitting MPs from the list. The nominees for Cuttack, Jajpur and Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituencies are yet to…
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Sambit Patra said that the Congress has a history of going after the media. (File) New Delhi: The BJP on Friday took a swipe at the Congress over the opposition INDIA bloc’s decision to boycott 14 broadcast media anchors, saying shunning media or any other institution will do it no good and the party can…
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