Tag: Baijayant Panda

Kendrapara: BJD’s anti-Baijayant Panda stance has charged up the political landscape of Kendrapara. Despite protests, Kendrapara MP Baijayant Panda today inaugurated an overhead water tank at Marshaghai. However, just couple of hours of the inauguration, some opposing members vandalised the plaque put up during the inauguration. Moreover, it is being alleged a supporter of Baijayant […]

Bhubaneswar: In what is being seen as a gag on media, the ruling BJD has decided to boycott the panel discussions and political debates on Odisha’s largest television news channel OTV. BJD spokesperson and Rajya Sabha member Pratap Deb in a press meet in Bhubaneswar today announced his party’s decision. Alleging OTV of being biased, […]

Kendrapara: Citing that Kendrapara MP Baijayant Panda has concealed information in his poll affidavit, a plea has been filed before the SDJM court seeking registration of a case against the parliamentarian. The plea has been filed by a resident of Harianta of Cuttack district, Gopal Lenka through his lawyer Akshay Nayak. The petitioner has sought […]

New Delhi: The time has come for renaissance of Odisha in a variety of spheres, said Kendrapara MP Baijayant Panda during the second edition of ‘Odisha Parba’ – a 3-day annual event held in New Delhi to celebrate the culture, tradition and pay tributes to the glorious past of the state. While addressing the gathering […]

Bhubaneswar: BJD’s Dhenkanal MP Tathagata Satpathy said that in politics he doesn’t consider himself anyone’s servant. While replying to one of his followers on Twitter, Tathagata tweeted “… I am not anyone’s servant. Never, ever, had a Boss.” The remark came after the follower questioned whether a photograph posted by the parliamentarian will not offend […]

Bhubaneswar: Just two days after he had asked his party MPs to resign from the membership of Parliamentary Standing Committees, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today took a u-turn and said that no changes will be effected in the existing memberships as of now. The BJD’s parliamentary party leader Bhartruhari Mahtab today informed that the […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha state committee of Samajwadi Party on Monday demanded a CBI probe alleging a scam behind Rs 2300 crore loan waiver to Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys Limited (IMFA). Members of Samajwadi Party led by State President Rabi Behera staged demonstration before the CBI office in Bhubaneswar and submitted a memorandum to the […]

Bhubaneswar: Kendrapara MP Baijayant Panda on Monday tore into BJD for accusing him of carrying out a motivated campaign against the party through OTV. Terming it ‘cheap politics’, Panda said, “They (BJD) ignore the fact that OTV has carried every allegation against me. I’m not involved in running OTV, which is run professionally vide a […]

Bhubaneswar: After politicians, government employees have also started raising their voice against VK Pandian, the private secretary to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. Agitating school and college staff today expressed their resentment over Pandian’s interference in the decision-making of the State government. The teachers who have launched a mass agitation against the State government protesting mandatory […]

Kendrapara: Amid cheer of thousands of supporters, MP Baijayant Panda today walked to the 1,00,000 litres capacity overhead water tank at Andara village in Pattamundai block to dedicate it to the masses. As is customarily done by the MP, a little girl once again was called to do the honours along with Panda flanked by […]

Bhubaneswar: Kendrapara MP Baijayant Panda and BJD MLA Pramila Mallick today got into a war of words after the latter challenged the parliamentarian to prove his popularity by winning the election after quitting the party. “As he claimed to have organisational strength even after furnishing false information to the Election Commission of India during 2014 […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: Kendrapara MP Baijayant Panda was accorded a grand felicitation by non-resident Odias (Prabasi Odias) in New Delhi today. The parliamentarian offered prayers at the Jagannath Temple in Hauz Khas where he received a warm welcome from the Prabasi Odias residing in New Delhi. “The parliamentarian has always stood with us in our joy […]

Bhubaneswar:  Support has been pouring in for Kendrapara MP Baijayant Panda with non-resident Odias (Prabasi Odias) in New Delhi staging demonstration in front of the Odisha Bhawan at New Delhi on Friday protesting suspension of the Parliamentarian from BJD. The Prabasi Odias also organised a protest rally near the Jagannath Temple in Thyagraj Nagar in […]

Bhubaneswar: As soon as BJD’s Kendrapara MP Baijayant Panda was suspended from the party on Wednesday evening, a wave of shock and disappointment took over Twitter in support of the immensely popular parliamentarian, not only by people from Odisha but from across the country. The outpour was so vehement that at a point in time […]

Bhubaneswar: A few hours after MP Baijayant Panda was suspended from the primary membership of ruling BJD, party senior leader and former Minister Damodar Rout on Wednesday hinted at growing resentment within the party. Speaking on the sidelines of a function in Puri, Rout cited the example of Buxi Jagabandhu’s rebellion against Britishers and hinted […]