Politics News Updates

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Dilip Mallick trained his gun at the Congress over its statement on electoral bonds. 

It was a homecoming for Nayak as she distanced herself from the party after the 2009 elections when she contested from the Bhubaneswar Parliamentary seat on a BJP ticket and subsequently crossed over to the BJD. 

Senior Congress leader and Jatani MLA, Suresh Routray announced his retirement from electoral politics on Friday. 

The Aditya Birla Group topped the list of donors with a Rs 260 crore donation to the ruling party in Odisha through its associate companies.  

Cuttack MP Bhartruhari Mahtab resigned from the BJD's primary membership on Friday. 

BJP State President Manmohan Samal on Friday said that the party will contest alone in both the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections. 

Anything can happen but first, let's see if we will fight alone or go along with the BJD... If we go alone, we will fight to form the government - Shah

In the first phase, polling will be held in 102 Lok Sabha seats spread over 17 states and four union territories.

Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Sarat Pattanayak launched a broadside against Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for his open letter.

Khariar’s sitting MLA Adhiraj Panigrahi has snapped 25-year-long relationship with the Congress and resigned from the primary membership of the party.

Bhrugu Jyotish, Sridhar Acharya has predicted that the polling on Mondays won't be troublesome for Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.

As the world’s largest democracy prepares for the 18th general elections, Meta said it will continue efforts to limit misinformation, remove voter interference, and enhance transparency and accountability on its platforms to “support free and fair elections”.

The top leaders are most likely skipping the expected high-voltage contest from Congress’ bastion Amethi and Raebareli. It is pertinent to mention here that Raebareli is a seat that was previously held by Sonia Gandhi.

After living on sufferance for years, the villagers’ pent-up anger may find an outlet this election as they are determined to boycott polls. 

The BJP, in a ‘big brother’ role in Bihar, will contest on the highest number of seats, i.e., 17 while the other allies JD (U), LJP, HAM and RLSP will field candidates on 16, 5 and 1 seats respectively.