Politics News Updates

In back-to-back jolts for the ruling-BJD in Odisha, former MLA and actor Akash Das Nayak, and MP Anubhav Mohanty resigned from the party on Saturday.

The actor-turned-political today resigned from the primary membership of BJD. Mohanty has submitted his resignation to party president and CM Naveen Patnaik.

The prohibition period is set to commence from 7 a.m. on April 19, and conclude at 6:30 p.m. on June 1.

Odisha Soochana Adhikar Abhiyan (OSAA) convenor, Prakash Das alleged that on average Rs 3 crore per year has been spent for BJD leader VK Pandian's security over the last five years. 

At a meeting held at Chhatrapur in Ganjam, Panigrahi trained his gun at the BJD-led government and said some influential government officers are acting like ruling party’s workers.

Odisha Pradesh Mahila Congress president, Meenakshi Bahinipati in a press conference said if the Congress is voted to power they would waive off loans of women members of self help groups.

For Lok Sabha constituencies, candidates are restricted to Rs 95 lakh, whereas for Assembly seats, the limit stands at Rs 40 lakh. However, interestingly, there is no expenditure limit for political parties.

In his letter to BJD president, Naveen Patnaik, former MLA & BJD leader Dambaru Sisha said he wants a fresh start to meet the aspirations of his people and workers. 

The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has so far has given ticket to only one SHG member-Sujata Sahu of the Jajpur district. This is said to be the reason for resentment among SHG women members across the State.  

The Congress’ social media incharge, Supriya Shrinate, in a now deleted post, made disparaging and derogatory remark against actress Kangana Ranaut, who is the BJP’s candidate from Mandi, while BJP MP, Dilip Ghosh, made offending remarks against West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee.

Out of the total 15 Lok Sabha seats for which the party has declared candidates, it has fielded new candidates in as many as 11 seats. Of the nine names declared for Lok Sabha seats, only Kausalya Hikaka has been repeated in the Koraput seat.

The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Wednesday announced the first list of candidates for the upcoming general elections in Odisha.

The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) seems to be tail-spinning into ‘chaos’ in Ganjam, which is the home district of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, given the fact that one after another leader is deserting the ruling party and joining the BJP.

Chief Minister and BJD chief Naveen Patnaik announced the names of the candidates for the Assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies.

Bharadwaj said that CM Kejriwal has emphasised that no one should suffer, even if he is in ED custody.