Tag: BJP

Ganjam: BJP’s candidate from Hinjili Assembly constituency Pitambar Acharya accused ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) of being involved in rigging of booths during the recently concluded second phase polls. Addressing a presser on Friday, Acharya stated that BJD has now turned into ‘Pandian Janata Dal’. He also alleged that four false cases were slapped against […]

Bhubaneswar:  With Sambalpur, the nervecentre of Western Odisha, going to polls on Tuesday, what keeps one’s eye peeled for is will BJP dig out a win after losing narrowly to BJD in 2014? As it is said victory can be made out, all the three principal players – BJD, BJP and Congress – have put […]

Puri/Bhubaneswar: From bathing in ponds to cuddling babies and touching feet of elders, BJP’s Puri Lok Sabha candidate Sambit Patra is not leaving any stone unturned to woo the voters. After catching the fancy of scores of voters with his unique style of campaigning, Sambit Patra is now the talk of the town for luring […]

Bhubaneswar: As the mine-rich Keonjhar will vote coming Tuesday, mining a win from the Lok Sabha (LS) seat for the BJP and Congress looks an uphill task. While BJP has placed its faith on old warhorse Ananta Naik, Congress and BJD have brought in new faces. While BJD has pitted Chandrani Murmu, daughter of former […]

Angul: The BJD president and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today campaigned at four places of Angul district. During his public address in Ghantapada area of Talcher Assembly constituency, he slammed the Centre and BJP leaders for neglecting Odisha. The Chief Minister accused the Centre of hatching a conspiracy to stop KALIA scheme and targeted […]

Bhubaneswar:  With BJP charioting  its well conversant and nuanced spokesperson Sambit Patra to chug the saffron juggernaut in Puri, he is pulling all stops  to trump BJD’s three time MP Pinaki Mishra.  As Puri has been the citadel of BJD since 1998, will Sambit with his persuasive skills swing Puri for BJP, which he was […]

Bhubaneswar: Alleging the involvement of the ruling-Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in the attack during Baijayant ‘Jay’ Panda’s roadshow in Aul of Kendrapara district last evening, a delegation of Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) led by party’s vice-president  Samir Mohanty moved to the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Odisha today. The saffron party’s vice-president alleged that the […]

Keonjhar:  Hitting out at Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today alleged that the former has been shielding mining mafias. If voted to power, BJP will arrest and put Sanatan Mahakud and Pravakaran behind bars, Pradhan said while addressing his party’s ‘Vijay Sankalp Samavesh’ held at Telkoi in Keonjhar district […]

New Delhi: As many as 119 (34 per cent) of 354 candidates contesting in the third phase of Odisha Assembly elections have declared criminal charges against themselves while 101 (29 per cent) are charged with serious cases, according to Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR). Among the major parties, 20 (48 per cent) out of 42 […]

Sambalpur/Paradip: While candidates across party lines have intensified their campaigning ahead of the 3rd phase polls on April 18, their wives too have rolled up their sleeves by actively participating in the campaigning for their spouses. “The campaigning is going good and we are hopeful that BJP will register a win in this constituency. We […]

Bhopal: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from the Bhopal parliamentary consituency in Madhya Pradesh Sadhvi Pragya Thakur said on Sunday that she takes pride in the demolition of the Babri Masjid. “We do not regret but are proud of demolishing the Babri Masjid. We removed the waste from our Lord Ram’s temple,” she said in a […]

Bhubaneswar: The battle for Cuttack in 2019 has an interesting aside. The clash here will be between a top cop and politicians, when the usual frame in public mind space is the kowtowing nature of cops before politicians. While former DGP of Odisha Police, Prakash Mishra, is BJP’s nominee from the Cuttack Lok Sabha (LS) […]

Bhubaneswar: In the political chessboard, BJP drew its first blood when post the announcement of the name of Aparajita Sarangi from Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha (LS) seat, the ruling BJD has replaced its six-time MP from the LS seat, Prasanna Patsani, with former IPS and Mumbai Police Commissioner Arup Patnaik. The former BMC Commissioner Aparajita Sarangi […]

Sambalpur:  Ahead of the third phase polls in Odisha, Odisha Chief Minister and BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik today again asserted that no national party will get a clear majority at the centre in the crucial 2019 elections. During a whirlwind tour of Sambalpur, Patnaik said, “No national party will get a clear mandate in the […]

Bhubaneswar: In a sharp reaction to CM Naveen’s accusation that BJP government will stop all welfare schemes in Odisha, Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today lambasted CM Naveen and charged him of terrorising people out of the fear of loss. “Arguments, discussions and differences are common in a democracy but when top leaders start terrorising […]