Tag: BJP

Bhubaneswar: For the high-stakes battle in Kendrapara, the strategy of BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik to cast Odia matinee idol Anubhav Mohanty opposite the former Kendrapada MP and BJP candidate Baijayant Panda bares the chinks in BJD game-plan. The BJD strategy clearly reveals that party is not keen to take any risks in Kendrapara and has, […]

New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday slammed the Congress, while accusing it of coining the “Hindu terror” slogan and filing cases based on fake evidence to gain political mileage. Days after an anti-terror court in Haryana acquitted Swami Aseemanand in the 2007 bombing of the Samjhauta Express, Jaitley said a decision has to […]

Jeypore: Famous American writer John Podhoretz once had said ‘Every great political campaign rewrites the rules’. The ‘Main bhi Chowkidar’ campaign run by PM Modi has the elements in it when PM Modi described the successful test of A-SAT missile by saying “Now, India has the potential to do ‘chowkidari’ in space. And the campaign […]

Bhubaneswar: Sons, daughters and wives, this election seems to be all about family. Major political parties, which do not tire of railing against dynastic politics, appear to be promoting the same. A look at their list of candidates suggests that powerful families have managed to get more than one ticket. Take for example the case […]

Ayodhya: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi has slammed the BJP for equating the Gandhi family with royalty and pointed out that it was her grandmother Indira Gandhi who abolished the privileges of princely families. Interacting with the students of Sunbeam Public School here on Friday, Gandhi also said that her “emotional dream” was to see […]

Mumbai: Actress Sonakshi Sinha, daughter of former Bharatiya Janta Party leader Shatrughan Sinha, supports her father’s decision to quit the ruling party and has said that it was time to move on. She in fact feels that what he did was a bit too late. Talking about her father’s decision to quit the BJP, the […]

Bhubaneswar: Notwithstanding the projection of ruling BJD’s strategy to drop at least 33 per cent of incumbent MLAs/MPs in 2019 elections as a brand new strategy, the truth is it’s a mere redux of 2014. But twist in tale is BJD witnessed a large-scale revolt in 2019. The reason is quite revealing politically. BJD may […]

Bhubaneswar: With veteran Bijay  Mohapatra mollified and back in the BJP fold there is intense speculation about the possible return of his comrade-in-arms, former union minister, Dilip Ray to the party. Ray, who was elected to the state assembly from Rourkela on a BJP ticket in 2014, had quit the party miffed at the inordinate […]

Ahmedabad: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh Saturday asked if former prime minister Indira Gandhi can be credited for dividing Pakistan, why shouldn’t Prime Minister Narendra Modi get the credit for the Balakot air strike. Singh was addressing a rally here in support of BJP president Amit Shah, who will file his nomination from Gandhinagar Lok […]

Cuttack: Vice President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday trained his guns on Odisha government and alleged that the people in the State are suffering due to ruling-BJD’s misrule. Speaking on the sideline of the party’s ‘Misrana Parba’ at Choudwar, Panda said that expectant mothers are being carried in sling while bodies are […]

Bhubaneswar: The Nabarangpur Lok Sabha (LS) Constituency in 2019 will give the excitement of an IPL 20-20 match as the pitch is all set to witness a nail-biting finish. The 2014 was an eye-opener as Pradeep Majhi of Congress lost to BJD’s Balabhadra Majhi by around 2,000 votes, but other candidates, including BSP and independents, […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday expressed his confident and said that people will give him opportunity to serve the country again. Modi is interacting with people throughout the country via video conferencing from Talkotra Stadium here. “Once again, the people of the country are going to give us the opportunity to serve […]

Bhubaneswar: Candidate selection is invariably an invidious exercise in any political party at the time of elections. But the wave of discontent currently sweeping the three major parties of the state over the issue is perhaps unprecedented. There have been wholesale resignations from the ruling BJD with most of these leaders joining the BJP which, […]

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the big battle in Odisha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday made a significant political prognosis on the 2019 elections in the State. A confident looking PM said, “Odisha poll results will surprise the country. A second Tripura is in making in Odisha,” he claimed. The politically relevant assertion by PM Modi has […]

Bhubaneswar: Apparently battling with anti-incumbency mood in the State, the BJD is all set to go for a high-tech and larger voter outreach campaign this elections. In a change of strategy, BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will hold extensive road shows touching every constituency and canvass votes for party candidates. As per the […]