Tag: Biju Patnaik

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid tributes to Biju Patnaik on his birth anniversary and acknowledged his diligence with which he served the society. “On his birth anniversary, I pay my tributes to the beloved Biju Babu. He served society with diligence and positively impacted many lives,” Modi tweeted. Patnaik, also known […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday paid tributes to late Biju Patnaik, the former chief minister of Odisha, on his 100th birth anniversary. “Biju Babu was a man of the masses and a visionary who devoted his life to serving society. I pay my tributes to him on his birth anniversary,” Modi tweeted. […]

Bhubaneswar: Expelled BJD leader Damador Rout Friday hinted at the possibility of loyalists of former chief minister Biju Patnaik ousted from the Biju Janata Dal coming together to form a new regional party ahead of the 2019 elections. Assembly elections in Odisha are also due along with Lok Sabha polls in 2019. Rout who was […]

Bhubaneswar: School children in Odisha will soon get to know how legendary leader and former chief minister Biju Patnaik had once rescued Prime Minister of Indonesia and his role in the freedom struggle. The state government has decided to include the life story of Biju Patnaik in their text books. State school and mass education minister […]

Prime minister Narendra Modi today paid tributes to late Odisha chief minister Biju Patnaik on his 98th birth anniversary, saying he was an "outstanding personality" whose contribution to the State and the country will always be remembered

In a strategic move coinciding with the second and last phase of polling in Odisha tomorrow, the ruling BJD has planned a statewide observation of the 17th death anniversary of legendary leader Biju Patnaik

Odisha's former Chief Minister Biju Patnaik has a strange relationship with this election in Odisha

The BJD on Thursday claimed that Jawaharlal Nehru had chosen Biju Patnaik as the defence minister but could not go ahead because of opposition from leaders in Gujarat and Maharashtra and so there was no point in Narendra Modi referring to the legendary Odisha leader

Bhubaneswar: The BJD today criticised Narendra Modi for dragging the name of Biju Patnaik in his speech and claiming that Jawaharlal Nehru had chosen the legendary Odisha leader to be the defence minister but could not as leaders from Gujarat and Maharashtra opposed the move. “The Gujarat Chief Minister’s words about Biju Patnaik are meaningless. […]

Bhubaneswar: After two rallies by BJP Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi in Odisha, the ruling BJD has planned three mega ones ahead of the coming elections. “The party has planned three mega rallies on March 5 on legendary Biju Patnaik’s birth anniversary,” BJD vice-president and Panchayati Raj Minister Kalpataru Das […]

Naveen Patnaik has certainly redefined politics in Odisha. When he entered the scene in April, 1997, he was like a breath of fresh air in the filthy, stinking cesspool that Odisha politics had been reduced to. In the two decades since then, the man who was a complete greenhorn then has metamorphosed into a consummate […]

By Sandeep Sahu On the day of his death anniversary, there is one thing that can be said about Biju Patnaik without any fear of ever being proved wrong: there will never be anyone like him. He is unique because he is impossible to slot. How does one describe him? A politician? That would be […]

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 […]

By Sandeep Sahu On the day of his birth centenary, there is one thing that can be said about Biju Patnaik without any fear of being proved wrong: there will never be anyone like him – certainly not before it is time to celebrate his second birth centenary. He is unique because he is impossible […]

Bhubaneswar: Soon after the Supreme Court asked the former UP Chief Minister and BSP head Mayawati to deposit public money used for erecting statues of herself and elephants to the exchequer, senior leader Srikant Jena on Friday raised questions on the State government rolling out several schemes named after Biju Patnaik. Jena stated that if […]