Tag: Alliance

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Jana Morcha (OJM), which was founded by former Rajya Sabha member late Pyarimohan Mohapatra, has merged with Samata Kranti party headed by former Union Minister and MP Braja Kishore Tripathy. An announcement in this regard was made by both the parties at a press meet in Bhubaneswar today. OJM president Jagneswar Babu said, […]

Bhubaneswar: After high drama in Bihar politics as Nitish Kumar returned to the NDA fold, the BJD on Thursday strongly denied rise of such situation in Odisha and ruled out any possible alliance with its former ally ahead of the 2019 polls. Senior Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader and Panchayati Raj Minister Pradip Maharathy said […]

Bhubaneswar: The Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) on Monday trained its gun on Congress and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) accusing both parties in Odisha to have entered into a ‘secret alliance’ in the run up to the 2019 elections. Addressing a press conference at Bhubaneswar, vice-president of Odisha unit Sameer Mohanty alleged that both the parties […]

New Delhi: Senior BJD leader and Cuttack MP Bhartruhari Mahatab today said the statement he had given recently that the BJD would consider to make an alliance with Congress has been grossly misinterpreted in the media. “Let me make my stand very clear. The news regarding my statement on this issue which has been published […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today said the image of Odisha has changed as the standard of living has increased considerably in the State and there is no starvation case in the State now. Taking part in an interacting session with senior journalist Prabhu Chawla at the concluding day of the fifth edition of the […]

Bhubaneswar: In the wake of the senior BJD MP Bhartruhari Mahtab’s statement of a possible BJD-Congress alliance to fight BJP that created a buzz in Odisha political sphere, top BJP leader and Petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan today termed the regional outfit’s move as ‘selfish and unethical’. “We would welcome the selfish and immoral alliance if […]

Kannauj (Uttar Pradesh): Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday said an alliance between his party and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) will knock out the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Addressing a ‘chaupal’ in Kannauj, the Lok Sabha constituency of his wife Dimple Yadav, the former Uttar Pradesh […]

New Delhi: Referring to the PDP-BJP coalition in Jammu and Kashmir as the “gravest provocation” to the people in the valley, Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Tuesday urged Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti to break the alliance. “(I) share J&K CM’s concern that statesmanship required to get J&K out of the vicious cycle of killings. Sad […]

New Delhi: To serve the growing cyber security needs of businesses in India, Bharti Airtel and cyber security provider Symantec have inked a strategic alliance to protect customers from increasing online threats. Under the terms of the agreement, Airtel will be the exclusive cyber security services partner for Symantec in India, and will distribute Symantec’s […]

Patna: RJD chief Lalu Prasad has appealed to all non-BJP political parties to come together on a platform to counter the “aggressive” Hinduvta agenda of the BJP led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in view of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Sensing a tough challenge, Lalu Prasad has also warned that a united non-Bharatiya Janata […]

Bengaluru: Karnataka BJP president B S Yeddyurappa has said some Congress MLAs skipping the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting and the deep differences between the ruling coalition partners are an indication that a volcano may erupt in the coming days. His remarks came after four dissident Congress MLAs on Friday skipped the CLP meeting here […]

New Delhi: At a time when the Congress is trying to cobble together a coalition against the BJP, former president Pranab Mukherjee argued against sewing up alliances just for the sake of forming a government, insisting such attempts would only dilute the identity of the Congress party. In his new book, ‘The Coalition Years: 1996 […]

Bhubaneswar: The regional parties are strong enough to counter the BJP, said West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today after meeting her Odisha counterpart Naveen Patnaik, who made no comment on the perceived saffron surge in his state. “The regional parties are enough to tackle the BJP,” Trinamool Congress chief Banerjee told reporters after a […]

New Delhi: The Congress has become “weaker” from the days of the UPA government and it is left with “no other option” but to stitch alliance with regional forces to halt the BJP’s electoral juggernaut, NCP supremo Sharad Pawar has said. The veteran leader has made the observation in his book, ‘Apani Sharto Par: Zameeni […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha could have its own grand alliance or ‘Mahagathbandhan’ – a front against the ruling-BJD which has been in power for 18 years. Utkal Bharat party chief Kharavela Swain today informed about such an alliance and clarified that Congress will not be a part of this anti-BJD front. Though Swain did not open his […]