Tag: Odisha Politics

Meanwhile, a war of posters has already begun between the saffron and conch parties.

A day after several senior administrative officials of the State government machinery called on Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to extend congratulations over BJD's landslide victory in the urban local body elections, the Odisha unit of BJP on Monday lashed out at the State's top bureaucracy and accused it of tarnishing the image of civil service ethics and code.

Bhubaneswar: Senior BJP leader and Rourkela MLA Dilip Ray today resigned from his post as MLA. He met Odisha Assembly Speaker Pradip Amat and submitted the resignation letter. Soon after, Ray along with senior leader Bijoy Mohapatra, in a joint letter to party president Amit Shah, tendered their resignation from primary membership of the BJP. […]

Bhubaneswar: With the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerging as the largest party in Karnataka Assembly elections, political leaders in Odisha have engaged themselves in war of words over its possible impact on the eastern State’s politics. Even though the saffron party today failed to achieve the magical figure to form the government, its leaders in […]

Bhubaneswar: After Senior Congress Leader Narasingha Mishra’s meeting with CM Naveen Patnaik in Delhi created some flutter, reports are doing the rounds that president of Ama Odisha Party, Soumya Ranjan Patnaik also met the BJD president, triggering speculations that these two stalwarts of Odisha politics could have some role to play in the ruling party […]

Bhubaneswar: BJD’s Dhenkanal MP, Tathagata Satpathy who was in the middle of a storm over his allegations that BJP is trying hard to split his party, today said that no one has the power to break BJD and the whole party stands united behind Naveen Patnaik. The parliamentarian who was seen at the State Secretariat […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: Demanding CBI probe into the murder of one Bhagirathi Mandangi in 2010, senior BJP leader Jayaram Pangi today met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh in New Delhi. Speaking to media, Pangi said the Odisha Crime Branch has failed to bring the culprits in the murder case to book even after eight years of […]

Bhubaneswar: Putting all speculations to rest, former IAS officer Aparajita Sarangi, who recently opted for voluntary retirement scheme (VRS), announced today that she would join the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP). According to reliable sources, Sarangi will be formally joining the BJP on November 27 at New Delhi. Sarangi, the 1994 batch Odisha-cadre IAS officer, was […]

Bhubaneswar: At a time when political mudsling is already on over gangster Tito links, senior Congress leader Bibhu Prasad Tarai today spewed venom against senior BJD leader Damodar Rout and own party leader Bapi Sarkhel. Accusing Rout of shielding persons with criminal background, Tarai demanded for a High Court-monitored special investigation team probe. “Damodar Rout […]

By Sandeep Sahu Ever since BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik asked Bishnu Das to resign from the Rajya Sabha, the name of Gita Mehta, his elder sister, has been doing the rounds in political circles as a possible replacement for the Jagatsinghpur leader. In the last few days, the talk has veered to the possibility of […]

  By Sandeep Sahu It is amazing how a moment of indiscretion can spoil a lifetime of good work. No one would agree with this more than Pyari Mohan Mohapatra, the man who has had more epithets coined for him than any other politician in Odisha. In an interview to a TV channel three years […]

Bhubaneswar/Baripada: The new beginning in 2019 would usher in New Odisha, is what the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is claiming ahead of the general elections. After dedicating various projects to the nation from Baripada, Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the Naveen Patnaik-led BJD government in Odisha of being negligent towards the safety and security of […]

Bhubaneswar: Preparing the pitch for a high-voltage campaign ahead of the 2019 general elections, the State Bharatiya Janata Party is geared up to welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 24 for the Janasambad Mahasamabesh, in what could boost the party’s prospects in Odisha. Modi’s vision of ‘Purvodaya’- Development of North East including Odisha was […]

Bhubaneswar: It seems Congress leader Niranjan Patnaik, after taking charge as the OPCC chief, has taken a liking to tweeting like many other national leaders and has clearly emerged a pro as far as his engagement on the micro blogging site is concerned. Recently after Harivansh Narayan Singh won the Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman election, […]

Bhubaneswar: While every political party is busy with the seat arithmetic, the Odisha unit of Congress party has conceded defeat and even expressed scepticism over retaining the seat of the Leader of Oppositions (LoP) in the State. A day before the counting of votes in the general elections in Odisha, Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) President […]