Tag: BJP

Gurugram: After a thumping victory in last month’s Lok Sabha elections, Union Home Minister Amit Shah is back again in his poll avatar this time for the upcoming Haryana Assembly polls due end of the year. “Shah has given ‘Mission-75’ to the Haryana BJP leadership for upcoming Assembly elections,” Captain Abhimanyu, the Finance Minister of […]

Kolkata: Alleging that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was spreading rumours about violence in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday accused the saffron party of plotting a conspiracy to topple her government. “There is no point sending me behind bars. If the BJP thinks it can stop me from opposing them by shutting […]

By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: Despite winning just 23 assembly seats in Odisha the BJP remains determined to pursue its Mission 120 Plus in the state which is crucial to its growth plans in eastern India. Senior party leaders have made it clear that though they are disappointed with the results of assembly elections there is […]

Bhubaneswar: With constitutional grey areas galore in the norms governing the election to the office of Deputy Speaker in the Lok Sabha, the curiosity quotient in Odisha attained its zenith when CM Naveen met PM Modi in New Delhi in the backdrop of hard speculation over the post being offered to veteran BJD leader Bhartruhari […]

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday constituted the parliamentary party executive committee appointing Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the leader and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh as the deputy leader in the Lok Sabha. The party has appointed Union Minister Thaawar Chand Gehlot as leader and Railways Minister Piyush Goyal as his deputy […]

By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: Chief minister, Naveen Patnaik’s request to Prime Minister, Narendra Modi at their recent meeting in New Delhi that states hit by major calamities be declared special focus states and granted benefits of special category status for a specific period has evoked varied reactions. While state BJP has described it as a […]

Bhubaneswar/Rourkela: Sundergarh MP Jual Oram on Wednesday confessed that he was upset after failing to get a Cabinet berth in the Narendra Modi government 2.0. It is for the first time that Oram expressed his feelings publicly. While addressing a felicitation programme held at Rourkela yesterday, the five-term MP said, “I am also a human […]

Bhubaneswar: Amid protests from the Opposition, the ruling-BJD is now eyeing to get Parliament’s nod for the formation of Legislative Council or Vidhan Parishad in Odisha. A resolution to set up Vidhan Parishad was passed in the Odisha Assembly in September last year in absence of opposition party members including from the BJP and Congress. […]

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will continue as BJP President till the year-end, at least, as the party said the issue about the next BJP chief will be considered only after completion of the fresh enrollment drive launched on Thursday. Accordingly, Shah will oversee the next round of Assembly elections slated in Maharashtra, […]

Kanchrapara (WB): Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday insisted that those living in West Bengal will have to learn to speak in Bengali as she accused the BJP of targeting Bengalis and minorities to replicate the “Gujarat model” to capture power in the state. She said she would never allow the BJP to turn West Bengal […]

Bhubaneswar: To push its demand for special category status for Odisha, the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) is planning to join hands with the YSR Congress and the JD(U) in Parliament and raise their voice unitedly. The chief ministers of Odisha, Bihar and Andhra Pradesh — Naveen Patnaik of BJD, Nitish Kumar of JD(U) and […]

Bhubaneswar: The State Election Commission (SEC) has set the ball rolling on holding the urban elections soon in the State. It has recently asked the State Urban Development department to furnish all details regarding delimitation of wards and reservation of seats under the municipal limits. It needs reminding that Odisha HC had struck down Odisha […]

Kendrapara: With BJP veteran Bijoy Mohapatra in the fray from Patkura, another high-voltage election is in the offing in Kendrapara. It looks to be a prestige battle for both BJD and BJP, which is evident from CM Naveen Patnaik’s visit to the famous Baladevjew temple in Kendrapara tomorrow on the occasion of Snana Purnima. While […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that BJP will be at the forefront of pro-people governance in the spirit of “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas” and the NDA will look forward to fulfil the dreams of 130 crore Indians who have reposed their faith in it. Modi chaired meetings of BJP […]

New Delhi: BJP MP from Bhopal Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur created a controversy on the first day of 17th Lok Sabha Monday when she suffixed the name of her spiritual guru with hers while taking oath, drawing objections from the Opposition. Amid protests and shoutings, Thakur said that it was her full name and she […]