Tag: Amit Shah

Bhawanipatna: Slamming the Naveen Patnaik-led BJD government over lack of development in Odisha, BJP national president Amit Shah today said the State needs a ruler who can understand the Odia people and the saffron party will bring the change Odisha needs. Addressing a gathering at Bhawanipatna in Kalahandi, Shah said, “From the number of people […]

Bhawanipatna: The Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium in Bhawanipatna of Kalahandi district is all decked up to welcome BJP National President Amit Shah who is scheduled to arrive here by 1.30 PM today and address a public gathering. Shah, who is on a two day visit to the state will brief the gathering about BJP’s ‘Mission […]

Bhubaneswar: The ruling-BJD today targeted BJP’s national president Amit Shah ahead of his visit to Odisha tomorrow saying it will have no impact as people have already rejected the saffron party. Shah’s visit comes in the wake of the BJP’s defeat in the Bijepur bypoll where its candidate lost to BJD by over 40,000 votes. […]

Bhubaneswar: After the Bijepur bypoll debacle, Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) national president Amit Shah is all set to visit Odisha early next month apparently to galvanise the morale of party workers. BJP’s state unit president Basant Panda today informed that the details related to Shah’s visit will be finalised soon. Shah’s visit to the State […]

Bhubaneswar: After Gujarat assembly election, the BJP seems to be reassessing its claims of winning 120 or more seats in Odisha since its calculations went awry in the ‘Modi’fied state. The saffron party which had set a target of 150 seats in Gujarat before the election, managed to grab only 99. The party said the […]

Even though 2017 did not bring any great upheaval in the political landscape of Odisha, it had enough stirrings. Patterns assumed new paradigms, faces got facelifts, oblique became overt, status quo brought predicaments, leaderships lost loyalty and infighting prodded implosions. We look back at some of the stories which created ripples…   Poll battles ahead […]

Bhubaneswar: With an aim to achieve ‘Mission 120+’ seats in Odisha, BJP has earmarked 200 youths from the State to be part of a motorcycle brigade that will secretly work to strengthen the party at the booth level. As part of the plan, BJP has already sourced motorcycles from Uttar Pradesh where the plan – […]

Bhubaneswar: Trying to do an Uttar Pradesh in Odisha, BJP president Amit Shah once again lost no opportunity to emphasise on a ‘no development in Ruling party’ strategy to highlight the party’s agenda for mission 120. Addressing a BJP workers’ meet on the third and final day of his visit to Odisha, Shah said, “The […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister and BJD Supremo Naveen Patnaik  on Friday said BJP President Amit Shah’s ongoing visit to the state will have no impact on the ruling BJD’s prospects in the 2019 State Assembly polls. “I don’t see any impact of his visit,” Patnaik told media persons here. Shah, who is on a three-day visit […]

Bhubaneswar: BJD leaders today launched an attack on BJP’s national president Amit Shah over his remarks accusing the ruling party being driven by dynasty politics. Addressing a press meet at the party headquarters here on Thursday, BJD said, after the death of Biju Patnaik, Naveen Patnaik entered politics because people wanted him to serve the […]

Bhubaneswar: BJP national president Amit Shah today blamed the Odisha government and said it is not cooperating with the Centre in undertaking developmental activities for the State. “Works of around Rs 4 lakh crore have been declared by the Centre for Odisha. But we are not getting required support from the State to take up […]

Bhubaneswar: While the BJP-BJD number flinging continues in Odisha, Chief Minister and president of the ruling-party Naveen Patnaik today downplayed the saffron party’s claim of winning 120 seats in 2019 polls. Hinting that that it won’t be a cake walk to win 120 seats, Patnaik said “I doubt very much whether BJP will get so […]

Bhubaneswar: BJP national president Amit Shah’s three-day Odisha visit starts today as part of a 110-day nationwide tour to strengthen the party organisation ahead of the 2019 general elections. Shah is scheduled to arrive at the Biju Patnaik International Airport in the city at 1.10 pm in a special flight. He will hold meetings with […]

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of BJP national President Amit Shah’s scheduled Odisha visit starting tomorrow, Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and BJP continue to fling numbers at each other claiming to emerge victorious in the 2019 general elections with a thumping margin. Though the BJP claims to upset the ruling party in the upcoming elections and has build […]

Bhubaneswar: Taking a dig at Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today said the CM’s credibility as an administrator has been exposed by the Supreme Court’s (SC) ruling on mines scam in the State. The Outlook India Speakout best administrator award is just a publicity stunt and like blowing one’s own trumpet. […]