Tag: Baijayant Panda

Bhubaneswar: It’s disheartening that those who were strong supporters of Biju Babu and had worked with him have been removed from the Biju Janata Dal one after another. The action taken against Dama Babu seems like an injustice, said former MP Baijayant Panda after meeting ex-minister Damodar Rout who was expelled from the BJD yesterday. […]

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: BJD MP Baijayant Jay Panda today batted for direct election of members to the Rajya Sabha and criticised the veto power given to the upper house of Parliament. The Rajya Sabha was supposed to act as a check against “populist” measures being adopted by the Lok Sabha instead of holding the veto power, […]

Bhubaneswar: Mortal remains of former Rajya Sabha member Pyarimohan Mohapatra were consigned to flames here today as his near and dear ones and admirers bid a tearful adieu to the departed leader. The last rites were performed at the Satya Nagar crematorium in the presence of a host of dignitaries as Mohapatra’s son Sambit lit […]

The Odisha unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today approved the draft proposals on 10 important political and social issues in its executive body meeting held at the party State headquarters on Monday.

Bhubaneswar: Internal feud in Odisha’s ruling BJD came to the fore today when the party’s Lok Sabha MP Baijayanta Panda faced opposition reportedly from supporters of former health minister and party MLA Atanu S Nayak at a public meeting in Kendrapara. Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik was present at the meeting in Mahakalpada, […]

Bhubaneswar/Khurda: Another youth from Odisha stranded overseas returned home safe after the intervention of former MP Baijayant Panda. Rabi Rout, a youth from Pariorada village under Tangi block of Khurda district had gone to work for a construction company in Dubai in 2013. During his stay in Dubai, there was a dispute between the labourers […]

Cuttack: The five-day long Kartikeswar Mahotsav at Ragadi under Banki tehsil in Cuttack district concluded on Friday. Former MP Baijayant Panda graced the concluding ceremony of the Mahotsav . Panda was accorded a grand welcome as he reached Banki and later taken to the venue in a bike rally, reports said. A host of cultural […]

Bhubaneswar: Former MP and Utkal Bharat party chief Kharavela Swain was allegedly manhandled by some BJD supporters while holding a public meeting at Dungura village under Khaira block in the district on Wednesday. Swain met Balasore SP Jugal Kishore Banoth and filed a written complaint in this regard today. Swain demanded the SP to take […]

Bhubaneswar: With political equations changing thick and fast, many have started to speculate the formation of as many as two new parties in Odisha ahead of the crucial general elections this year. Though some leaders had made a few attempts in the later part of 2018, such endeavours did not materialise; but experts believe that […]

Koraput: Expressing concern over spurt in rape cases in Odisha, former Kendrapara MP Baijayant ‘Jay’ Panda today alleged that consumption of liquor is responsible for such a situation in the State. Panda’s statements came soon after he met the family of the woman today, who died while undergoing treatment after being gang raped at Siadimal […]

Angul: Hinting at a major turnaround ahead of the 2019 elections, former Kendrapara MP Baijayant ‘Jay’ Panda today asserted that people in Odisha want change as they are fed up with hooliganism and violence. While taking to reporters during his informal tea party (#Heijau) at Angul today, Panda further stated that people have started to […]

Bhubaneswar: Opposing the deliberate attempt to trouble and harass him, former Kendrapara MP Baijayant ‘Jay’ Panda has sought the intervention of Odisha DGP, RP Sharma in releasing the helicopter which was recently sealed again by Puri Police. In a letter, Panda asserted that already the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), which is the only […]

Bhubaneswar: Once again, eggs were thrown at senior leader Damodar Rout during a public meeting at Niali in Cuttack district today. The fresh incident comes in the wake of a series of similar incidents where several other leaders including former Kendrapara MP Baijayant ‘Jay’ Panda and Utkal Bharat party chief Kharavela Swain were also attacked […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is now a changed man as most of the key decisions of the government are now being taken by a handful of leaders and officers, stated former Kendrapara MP Baijayant ‘Jay’ Panda. Speaking at a discussion at New Delhi on Naveen Patnaik’s biography written by senior journalist Ruben Banerjee, […]

Bhubaneswar: In the name of investigation into allegations of flying helicopter over Chilika Lake, Odisha Police is sending confusing and contradictory summons, said former Kendrapara MP Baijayat Panda today. Panda, who took to twitter to highlight such discrepancies in notices sent to him by police, asserted that he was initially summoned by the Inspector-in-charge of […]