Tag: Assembly Constituency

Berhampur: Congress today demanded resignation of Odisha Women & Child Development Minister Usha Devi in the wake of gangrape of a 16-year-old girl in her Assembly constituency. “As women and children are not safe in her own constituency, Chikiti, Usha Devi has no moral right to continue as minister. She should resign immediately,” said state […]

Baripada: Former BJP MLA from Jashipur assembly constituency Bhanu Charan Naik passed away at Khiching in Mayurbhanj district today, family sources said. He was 70. Naik is survived by his wife, two sons and two daughters. He was suffering from high blood pressure and acute diabetis, family sources said. Naik was elected to Odisha Assembly as […]

Bhubaneswar: The Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) on Wednesday announced candidates for four Assembly constituencies–Champua, Bhograi, Basta and Niali. Senior leader and former minister Raghunath Mohanty, who joined the BJP at the saffron party’s Odisha headquarters in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday, has been fielded from Basta constituency. Raghunath had joined the BJP at party’s Mishrana Parba in the […]

By now, everyone knows Indian politics is a cynical, no-holds-barred game where there is no place for any human emotions or sensibilities. Conspiracy, intrigue and back-stabbing are the rules of this ruthless game. But even by these accepted standards of politics, what has just happened in respect of the Patkura Assembly constituency last week certainly […]