Tag: Bijoy Mohapatra

Puri: Senior BJP leader Bijoy Mohapatra today alleged that around a hundred out of Rs 322 crore of the temple corpus fund has been misappropriated and held the Puri temple and district administration responsible for this. Mohapatra said the accountant general’s audit report reveals large-scale irregularities in the temple corpus fund and the audit has […]

The Joint Control Board proposed by the Centre can never solve the dispute relating to Mahanadi river water sharing between Odisha and Chhattisgarh. What Odisha needs to get its grievances redressed is a River Board to be formed by the Centre, senior BJP leader Bijoy Mohapatra said here today

Former Orissa High Court judge and chairperson of the one-man commission formed by the State government to suggest reforms in the management of Puri Sri Mandir Justice BP Das today said ending indiscipline would be the guiding principle of the exercise he would undertake

Bhubaneswar: BJD president and chief minister Naveen Patnaik’s promise to take the Biju birth centenary celebration to every village across the State has invited sharp criticism from opposition BJP and Congress, who termed it as the beginning of the party’s campaign for the panchayat polls due next year. Senior Congress leader Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra (Lulu) […]

In the wake of the arrest of five terrorists from Rourkela, the BJP today questioned the efficiency of the Odisha police, which had no information the about the extremists even though they had travelled to various parts of Odisha since 2014

The politics over the inauguration of IOCL’s Paradip refinery has refused to die down with the BJP today launching a scathing attack on the ruling BJD, demanding arrest of its legislators who allegedly created ruckus during the ceremony

Bhubaneswar/Rourkela: Expressing disappointment over inaction after repeated reminders, senior BJP leader and Rourkela MLA Dillip Ray has finally decided to quit the saffron party alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi failed to fulfill his promises made to the people of the steel city. While speaking to OTV, the Rourkela legislator said that he would resign […]

Cuttack/Balasore: Two days after the BJD legal front withdrew its support from the ongoing lawyers’ strike, the agitating lawyers Monday threatened of a state-wide agitation and staged demonstrations outside various courts in different places across the State. Reportedly, the members of the legal front withdrew their support after the Orissa High Court Bar Association declared […]

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 […]

While Dilip and Bijoy are yet to make any announcement regarding their next political move, it is believed that from BJD, Congress to Biju Samatakranti Dal, all want the duo to join their party

Political prediction is always fraught with risks. Even seasoned commentators have ended up with egg on their faces after crystal gazing into the future. But ‘Scandeep’ will still stick its neck out and predict that Bijoy Mohapatra, the enfant terrible of Odisha politics, is set to return to the party he co-founded before the next […]

By Sandeep Sahu He fits the expression ‘an enigma wrapped in a mystery’ like very few politicians in Odisha do. It is hard to think of another neta who remains relevant without being a minister, a party chief or even an MLA. In fact, he has not seen the inside of the Assembly in the […]

Bhubaneswar: Soon after Dilip Ray tendered his resignation from the legislator post and BJP today, senior BJP leader Bijoy Mohapatra also resigned from the party citing negligence by party national leaders, through a letter at a press conference here. The resignation letter has been issued to BJP National president Amit Shah & signed by both […]

Kendrapara: BJP national vice president and Lok Sabha candidate for Kendrapara, Baijayant ‘Jay’ Panda along with party’s Patkura Assembly candidate Bijoy Mohapatra today trained guns on the ruling-BJD at a public meeting in Kendrapara. While addressing a mega public meeting at Chhatahat in Derabisi block of Kendrapara district today, Panda said, “BJD has moved away […]

Bhubaneswar: Hours after the death of BJD MLA and candidate from Patkura Assembly seat, Bed Prakash Agarwalla, senior BJP leader and his opponent in the current elections, Bijoy Mohapatra said that the deceased leader’s own party meted out injustice to the veteran leader. Expressing his condolences, Mohapatra said that he is saddened by the demise […]