Tag: BJP

Bhadrak: At a time when the BJD is stressing on maintaining equidistance from the Congress and the BJP, the ruling party has secretly formed a pact with the Congress to keep another opposition party, BJP at bay in Chandbali block of the district, claimed the district president of BJD. Even as the BJP has been […]

Bhubaneswar: After the State government drew flak from the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) for refusing to cooperate in audit of its recently-launched Biju Yuva Vahini (BYV) programme, questions have been raised over the actual motive behind its implementation. According to an OTV investigation report, several volunteers and youth activists engaged in the […]

Bolangir: Just a few days after his comments that people of Odisha should not be deprived of the benefits of world’s largest healthcare coverage plan – Ayushman Bharat – on the grounds of political differences, Union Health Minister JP Nadda today urged the State Government to implement the Centre’s flagship healthcare scheme along with its […]

Bhubaneswar: Upset with the Odisha government’s policies against women, BJP Mahila Morcha, the women wing of the saffron party is all set for a mega showdown against the ruling-BJD with its National high-level conclave (Rastriya Maha Adhivesan) scheduled to be held from September 29. Informing about the development, Odisha BJP’s Mahila Morcha president Pravati Parida […]

Bhubaneswar: Amid speculations of ‘early’ elections, political parties in the state are on their toes and have begun spadework to select candidates. While the Odisha Congress is all set to announce the names of at least 50 candidates by August 31, the ruling BJD and the BJP are also getting battle ready. Out of the […]

New Delhi: A Muslim group on Wednesday accused the BJP government of communalising triple talaq, while terming its proposal of Uniform Civil Code an attempt to impose Hindu personal law. “BJP has made a lot of noise (about triple talaq and nikal halala). Without questions, they are communalising and politicising the whole issue,” Indian Muslims […]

Bhubaneswar: Three senior BJP MLAs – Jayanarayan Mishra, Mohan Majhi and Bishnu Sethy have been suspended from the ongoing Assembly session for allegedly hurling shoes at the Speaker. After examining the video footage, Speaker Surjya Narayan Patro has suspended three legislators. Opposition chief whip Mohan Majhi, deputy Leader of Opposition Bishnu Sethi and senior member […]

Pointing to the alleged leaked 'Clubhouse' chat of former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh, the BJP on Saturday said that Congress' first love is Pakistan.

"Mukul's return proves that the BJP does not let anyone in peace and puts undue pressure on everyone," West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said.

Till the time this piece was being written, there was no official word from the CBI that BJD MLAs Arun Sahu and Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak have indeed been served notices in connection with the chit fund scam. Though it was ‘breaking news’ on all local TV channels on Tuesday evening, the source for all of […]

What next for Srikant Jena? Of the two other major parties in Odisha, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) is unlikely to open its doors for the man who has just been shown the door by the Congress given what he has done in the past to the man in whose name the BJD has been […]

There is no doubt that the ‘equi-distance’ jumla has served the interests of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) very well over the last few years. On the one hand, it has helped the ruling party to keep fooling the people of Odisha with the pretence of neutrality. On the other, it has also kept the […]

There are many reasons why Naveen Patnaik remains head and shoulders over all other politicians in Odisha, faces little threat of anti-incumbency as he braces for his fifth successive term as Chief Minister and has no challenger in sight in the horizon. The most important of these reasons, however, is his ability to constantly reinvent […]

By all accounts, Prime Minister Narendra Modi went farther in his criticism of the Naveen Patnaik government at the two back to back public meetings in Talcher and Jharsuguda on Saturday than he has done since coming to power in May, 2014. The rally in Jharsuguda, in particular, was significant because it marked the first […]

A picture, they say, tells a thousand words. Just look at the picture above for proof. It is sad to see Lal Krishna Advani, the man who played a key role in the BJP’s transformation from a pariah till the 1980s to the pre-eminent political party in the country today, standing like a supplicant with […]