Tag: Mp Baijayant Panda

Bhubaneswar: At a time when efforts to rescue two labourers trapped inside a stone quarry near Bariput in Jeypore district are still on, the Odisha Contractors’ Association on Saturday alleged that no action has been taken against the owner of the company so far as he has the support of some influential people belonging to […]

Bhubaneswar/ Rayagada: Condemning large-scale violence in the name of agitation at Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys Ltd (IMFA) plant at Therubali in Rayagada, the district Tribal Union on Friday alleged that such kind of protests are being carried out under ‘pressure’ of the ruling party. The statements of the tribal union has further reinforced the […]

Kendrapara: Senior BJD leader and Kendrapara district president Dhruba Sahoo on Tuesday refuted the allegations brought in by Congress MLA from Rajnagar Anshuman Mohanty stating that he is in no way involved in the 2015-16 paddy procurement scam. Sahoo also targeted OTV for telecasting the news and also dragged MP Baijayant Panda’s name into the […]

Bhubaneswar: Keeping in view the intense heat wave condition and acute water crisis, MP Baijayant Panda on Wednesday urged Kendrapara district adminsitration to provide public access to completed MPLADS drinking water projects in the region. In a letter to Kendrapara Collector Reghu G, Panda sought urgent measures for granting public access to both completed and […]

Kendrapara: Kendrapara MP Baijayant ‘Jay’ Panda inaugurated a state-of-the-art ‘Multipurpose Auditorium-cum-Sanskruti Bhavan,’ in Gualsingh under Derabish block of the district today. The project which has been built at a cost of Rs 396 Lakh out of which Rs 376 lakh has been allocated from Jay Panda’s local area development fund (LAD) is the biggest such […]

Puri: Kendrapara MP Baijayant ‘Jay’ Panda today said that action was taken against him because he spoke the bitter truth keeping in mind the greater interests of the party. “Had Biju Babu been with us, he would have welcomed my views. People who consider Biju Babu as their ideal would never remain silent,” Panda said […]

Bhubaneswar: As soon as BJD’s Kendrapara MP Baijayant Panda was suspended from the party on Wednesday evening, a wave of shock and disappointment took over Twitter in support of the immensely popular parliamentarian, not only by people from Odisha but from across the country. The outpour was so vehement that at a point in time […]

Bhubaneswar: With internal-investigations into allegations against BJD’s Kendrapara MP Baijayant ‘Jay’ Panda still continuing, the parliamentarian today said that a conspiracy is working against him. While responding to one of his Twitter followers, the MP stated a powerful conspiracy is being hatched against him though he has no intention to quit his party. “I have no […]

Bhubaneswar: Reacting to statements of BJD’s Kendrapara MP Baijayant Panda on interference of bureaucracy in politics, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday termed such allegations as baseless. Replying to media queries, Patnaik said, “When they have no other issues, they attack my office. This is nothing new,” said Patnaik. On asked whether any explanation […]

Kendrapara: BJD MP Baijayant Panda on Friday adopted Singhagaon village under Pattamundai block in Kendrapara district as a model village. The village has been adopted under the ambitious Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana which aims at development of villages, spread of motivation among people and social mobilization of village community. The Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana was […]

Bhubaneswar: Kendrapara MP Baijayant Panda today said where he contests elections from in future will depend on the party and the public. He reiterated his stand about contesting elections from Sambalpur through a series of tweets after his visit to the town. In response to a question posed to him during his Sambalpur visit on Saturday, […]

Sambalpur: Clarifying his statements on violence during BJD’s ‘hartal’, MP Baijayant Panda today said the controversy cropped up because he sided with truth and even party president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik shared similar displeasure over the hooliganism. Baijayant had criticised the violence during BJD’s ‘hartal’ called in protest against fuel price rise on Twitter […]

Bhubaneswar: Maintaining his stand on violence during Monday’s ‘Hak Pain Hartal’ as wrong, MP Baijayant once again took to twitter to stress that the BJD is being misguided by many. He cited a newspaper report published in an Odia daily on Wednesday to make his point clear. Tagging the report which highlighted CM Naveen Patnaik’s […]

Bhubaneswar: Coming down hard on Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik’s whip on corrupt commission payment practices (known as percentages or pc) for government works at block level, Union Petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan criticised his comments saying they are just a whitewash and goes on to prove that such illegal practices are existent within the government machinery […]

New Delhi: The concluding day of ‘Odisha Parba 2017′ saw a huge turnout of people at the mega event organised to showcase Odisha’s rich cultural heritage, tradition and cuisine. Governor of Jharkhand Draupadi Murmu graced the occasion as Chief Guest while Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Anil Baijal was the guest of honour in the valedictory […]