Politics News Updates

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.

Sethy's resignation came a few days after BJD’s six-time MP Bhartruhari Mahtab quit the party. Also, BJD’s two sitting MLAs Arabinda Dhali and Premananda Naik resigned from the party and joined BJP.

“Like Sita Mata, our state has been surrounded by corruption, crime and injustice. The time has come to take the step that Lord Ram took to save Sita Mata (Odisha),” read his post.

Welcoming Baijayant Panda's nomination as the candidate for the Kendrapara Lok Sabha seat, the Rajnagar unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today took out a huge rally.

The post showed a photo of scantily-clad Kangana Ranaut, with an offensive and derogatory caption.

At a time when the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) is already grappling with a long list of aspirants, accepting leaders from other parties is reportedly giving rise to disturbance within the party.

“ I have decided to fight as an independent candidate and show my worth,” Swain added.

Welcoming the leader, Ex-CM Yediyurappa stated that the BJP will be significantly strengthened after Reddy’s joining.

While the saffron party has fielded Dharmendra Pradhan from the Sambalpur seat, Baijayant Jay Panda has been fielded from Kendrapara.

BJD has set eyes on about 8 lakh first-time voters who are going to exercise their franchise in the upcoming elections.

Former Calcutta High Court judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay, who quit the bench recently and joined the BJP, has been fielded from West Bengal's Tamluk seat.

A two-time MP, he has now been fielded from Kurukshetra for the coming polls.

The former army chief has been a two-time MP from Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh.

The BJD party's spreading red carpets for the leaders who contested against the BJD candidates in the 2019 elections is causing discontent among its leaders and workers.