Tag: Bjd Govt

Bhubaneswar: Amid speculations of early and simultaneous elections in the country, Odisha government on Monday directed all the district collectors to submit draft election management plans by September 30, 2018. While the first-level checking of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines in all the districts across the State […]

Bhubaneswar: A team of Odisha BJP legislators on Tuesday visited the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) and demanded an independent audit of money being used in the State government’s Biju Yuva Vahini and Ama Gaon Ama Vikash programmes. The team reportedly submitted a memorandum to the CAG alleging that government’s money is being used for […]

Bhubaneswar: BJD government today completed four years of its fourth term, and party president & Chief Minister, Naveen Patnaik highlighted the achievements of the Odisha government and his party during its 18-year rule. While Naveen credited his government’s success to the 3Ts (Transparency, Teamwork, Technology) ‘mantra’ and urged party workers and officials to work with […]

Bhubaneswar: Despite defeat in the recently-concluded assembly elections in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is confident of winning big in Odisha during the upcoming general polls. BJP national president Amit Shah, while speaking during the ‘Republic Summit 2018’ in Mumbai said that the party will win more seats in the […]

Bhubaneswar: Senior BJD leader and MLA Mahesh Sahoo on Tuesday dared Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to contest the upcoming general elections from Pallahara Assembly constituency. Though the Petroleum minister has kept all guessing on the constituency from where he will contest, he is already being projected as BJP’s chief ministerial candidate in Odisha for the […]

Bhubaneswar: Spewing of venom at each other over rising unemployment in Odisha, it seems like the BJP and the ruling-BJD are leaving no stones unturned to use it as a weapon to capture the youth vote bank ahead of the 2019 general elections. While the BJP today locked up employment exchanges across Odisha, the BJD […]

Bhubaneswar/Bolangir: Prime Minister Narendra Modi may have gone soft on the ruling-BJD once again, but Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan made sure he did not miss such opportunity and trained his guns on the State government during ‘Jabab Maguchhi Odisha’ programme in Bolangir today. Addressing the public rally, Pradhan stated that the Centre is committed towards […]

Bhubaneswar: After extending support to the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) nominee Om Birla’s candidature for the Lok Sabha Speaker’s post, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has now given its nod to PM Modi’s ‘one nation one election’ policy. While it seems a usual process in a federal structure like India, these have made many ponder […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after the ruling-Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in Odisha constituted a four-member election coordination team for Bijepur bypoll, Congress MLA Tara Bahinipati today tagged Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik as ‘beiman’ and ‘traitor’ for vacating Bijepur Assembly seat. However, former MLA Rita Sahu was fast enough to hit back stating that several developmental works […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik appointed BJD leader and former minister Sanjay Das Burma as the Deputy Chairman of the State Planning Board with Cabinet rank, Congress today alleged that the Board has turned into a place for the rehabilitation of the ruling party leaders. Congress MLA Santosh Singh Saluja said […]