Tag: Anubhav Mohanty

Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal’s (BJD) plan to field as many as six Rajya Sabha members in the 2019 Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Odisha appeared to have had a boomerang effect on the party. The party may lose one Rajya Sabha seat if the united opposition field a consensus candidate against the BJD […]

Bhubaneswar: With senior leader Pratap Keshari Deb’s resignation, there are now four vacancies in Rajya Sabha from Odisha. But for the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD), the equation seems to be more complex. While some have already been promised a Rajya Sabha berth, there are a plenty of names doing rounds for the rest of […]

Cuttack: A woman journalist has filed a complaint against BJD’s Kendrapara MP Anubhav Mohanty for allegedly abusing her physically and verbally. Sources said a case has been registered against the BJD MP and his brother Anuprash Mohanty at Purighat Police Station in Cuttack under IPC sections- 294, 354 (A), 323, 34 based on the complaint […]

Cuttack: A day after a woman journalist accused BJD’s Kendrapara MP Anubhav Mohanty of abusing and spitting at her, BJP’s youth wing activists today staged a demonstration in Cuttack demanding immediate arrest of the Parliamentarian. Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) activists staged a protest and later burnt the effigies of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik […]

Bhubaneswar: Barely a few days after filing police complaint against BJD’s Kendrapara MP Anubhav Mohanty and his brother Anuprash Mohanty for allegedly abusing her physically and verbally, the woman journalist today staged a dharna in front of Naveen Niwas, the residence of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, seeking his intervention. However, she was immediately picked up […]

Bhubaneswar: BJP National Vice-president Baijayant ‘Jay’ Panda has refuted allegations of over-staying in the government bungalow allotted to him in New Delhi. Recently, BJD’s Kendrapara MP Anubhav Mohanty took to Twitter to level the aforementioned allegations against the former Parliamentarian stating that he has not vacated the government bungalow at 02, Mahadev Road in New […]

Cuttack: Protesting police inaction against Kendrapara MP Anubhav Mohanty and his brother Anuprash Mohanty in connection with a misbehaviour case, lady journalist Sasmita Acharya sat on dharna in front of Purighat Police station here today. After a meeting with the Inspector In-Charge (IIC) of the police station, the lady journalist said the police have failed […]

Cuttack: A day after BJD MP Anubhav Mohanty’s PSO filed a written complaint with Purighat Police against the MP’s neighbour & State vice president of Biju Chhatra Janata Dal (BCJD), Manjit Das alleging verbal abuse and threats, Manjit today appeared before the police station to record his statements. Speaking to OTV after this, the youth […]

Kendrapara: It seems that BJD’s Kendrapara MP Anubhav Mohanty has got a penchant for being in news, but for all the wrong reasons. This time the parliamentarian has drawn severe criticism from various quarters for allegedly misbehaving with an OTV journalist who approached him for his comments after a project announcement event for Baladevjew Temple […]

Bhubaneswar/Kendrapara: Strongly condemning the behaviour meted out to OTV’s Kendrapara reporter by BJD MP Anubhav Mohanty, senior journalists today sought an apology from the Parliamentarian while terming his conduct as uncivil, boorish, unacceptable and highly unbecoming of a people’s representative. On Tuesday, the actor-turned-politician allegedly misbehaved with OTV journalist Manoj Swain who approached him for […]

Author of Democracy on the Road Ruchir Sharma had rightly said in his book that star power in Indian elections does play a role but transiently. What clicks in reel does not reflect in real. Arrogance and star-power do not count in public life unless backed by substance and statement of purpose. There have been […]

By Sandeep Sahu “Power”, as Lord Acton has said famously, “corrupts; and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” But there are other things that power does to human beings as well: making them arrogant, for one. To paraphrase Lord Acton, “Power makes people arrogant and absolute power makes them absolutely arrogant.” This truism was in evidence for […]

Bhubaneswar: The legendary cofounder of tech giant Infosys NR Narayana Murthy had once said democracy is all about delegation of power by vast majority of citizens to a few representatives  chosen on merit and competence. As the seventeenth Lok Sabha has completed three sessions – Budget, Monsoon and Winter, the moment is ripe to take […]

Kendrapara: After a brief lull, BJD’s Kendrapara MP Anubhav Mohanty is in a fix again, courtesy a complaint lodged against him at Sadar police station here over alleged non-payment of Rs 11.45 lakh on account of printing of posters and other campaign-related materials during 2019 general elections. The complainant Smruti Ranjan Swain of Garapur, who […]

Bhubaneswar: Kendrapara MP Anubhav Mohanty has served a legal notice to the Odisha Television Ltd (OTV). After Hi-tech, SUM and KIMS hospital authorities filed defamation cases against OTV in connection with the COVID-19 viral audio clip, the Kendrapara MP has now sent a legal notice to the channel. Through a tweet, Anubhav informed that the […]