The March 27 visit of the officials was far from demonstration of Bureaucracy’s undiluted political neutrality. Congratulating the Chief Minister for electoral victory was avoidable; it betrayed allegiance to the party and dented Bureaucracy’s apolitical ethos.
Post drastic fall in vote share and loss in 2019 in Barbati-Cuttack, CM Patnaik fielded Subash Singh to test the Mahanadi waters
Only 59 percent Odisha beneficiaries of the PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) voted for BJP in Panchayat polls. The number is 67 percent In 'UPYOGI' state
The lesson from UP looks more relevant in Odisha where CM Naveen Patnaik has been the biggest 'beneficiary' of such voting practice
The 'liquid courage' is the driving force behind violence, Because, only 22 percent of married women have faced any form of violence even when their husbands are not addicted to drinking
The element of surprise here is CM Patnaik's this decision will open up the Rajya Sabha contest in the State, if Opposition shows the spine to not give BJD a walkover
The Odisha government has said it is working hard for safe return of students and other people stuck in war-hit Ukraine, said Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday.
A higher turnout is expected when policies of the incumbents (Modi and Naveen) had a salutary effect on voters, or when the contest has been very close
Beset with pandemic pain, lack of jobs near home, working-age group population migrated for work from Ganjam. The district recorded lowest turnout after 2002
Following the CM’s statement about his health, the main Opposition parties in Odisha, the BJP and Congress, were quick to come out with reactions.
Rail Ministers three worded sentence 'coastline is goldmine' delivers a massive political punch to the ruling BJD
Between 2017 - 2022, the two political constants in Odisha - CM Naveen Patnaik and PM Narendra Modi - remain. Controversies hit Naveen more than PM Modi. Beneficiaries hold the key
Odisha government kept on showering their favours to different segments of the voters ranging from Anganwadi workers to overaged aspirants for government jobs. Some favours costing hundreds of crores of rupees to the state exchequer kept rolling out of Naveen government’s gift box without even a demand for it.
Drawing lessons from 2017, CM Patnaik enacted 'Sop' opera to win over teachers, water scarcity hit villages and unemployed
The ubiquitous 5T model of the Naveen Patnaik Government is akin to the elephant for blind men, with different meaning to different people.
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