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Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's sudden sartorial leaning towards the lungi, that too before the elections, triggered reactions from BJP leaders on social media, who questioned the motive citing Odia culture, pride and tradition. 

Launching a salvo at the opposition parties, the Chief Minister, said, “They are maligning the state government. No one has ever been successful by opposing development. The people of Odisha have come to know the true nature of the opposition parties.”

The BJP has issued a chargesheet against the BJD-led government in Odisha, citing various governance failures and corruption allegations ahead of the 2024 elections. Key issues include an electricity pricing scandal, high crime rates against women, cultural heritage destruction, healthcare collapse, and exploitation of farmers and youth.

The sitting Jatani MLA has been in the eye of a storm after his son Manmath Routray was given a BJD ticket to contest from the prestigious Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha seat against BJP’s sitting MP Aparajita Sarangi. 

The BJP has released a chargesheet against the BJD, highlighting the latter's failures in governance over 25 years in Odisha. The document, influenced by public feedback, points out issues like women's safety, rising crime against children, job scarcity leading to migration, and unfair electricity pricing.

A meeting of the party was held at Sankha Bhawan where Amar Satpathy was absent. Jajpur MP, party’s district observer, and ticket aspirants like Rajnarayan Mohapatra and Janmejaya Lenka attended the meeting which was reportedly called to placate the dissent. 

BJD’s press meet was reportedly aimed at Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan for his ‘alleged jibe’ at the Chief Minister & BJD president Naveen Patnaik, who was seen in a lungi in a video appeal to voters.  

Recently in Puri, BJD’s MP candidate, Arup Patnaik was canvassing for votes at Pipili, when he fainted. Patnaik was immediately hospitalised and recovered later. 

A purported video of BJD’s Puri district observer, Ranendra Pratap Swain has gone viral in which he revealed the reason why the party ticket was not given to Dash.

Nayak expressed her dissatisfaction with the development. She alleged that a few individuals are responsible because of whom she was denied ticket.

Raseswari sent her resignation letter to BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik today. The development came after BJD announced Rohit Pujari as the party candidate from Sambalpur. 

They shouted slogans against Latika. Many leaders among the protestors alleged that they were neglected within the party.

The BJD has also dropped sitting MLA Sunanda Das from the Bari Assembly seat. Party has given ticket to Biswaranjan Jena to contest this time.

The delay in candidate announcement and denial of tickets to senior and sitting MLAs have triggered revolts by their supporters at several places.

Ramnarayan Mohanty, general secretary of the BJP’s Cuttack unit, alleged that IIC of Choudwar police station Biswaranjan Sahu and sub-inspector Saraswati Sahu attended a programme organised by the  Biju Janata Dal(BJD) on the occasion of Eid-Ul-Fitr at Brahmapur under Choudwar police limits.