Tag: Congress

The saffron party opposed the 5T secretary’s visit to Sambalpur. MLA Nauri Nayak while addressing a press conference alleged that the officer is doing party programmes by spending government money. 

While the saffron party alleged why a single officer has been given so much importance, the grand old party wished to know the job of district collectors at a time when the 5T secretary is intruding into their scope of work. 

BJP MLA Suryabanshi Suraj questioned when there is no proper infrastructure for education in Odisha, what is the need to change the colours of the school uniform?

Launching a broadside against the CM Naveen Patnaik-led government, former Odisha BJP president Samir Mohanty question whether it is another scheme to fool people of the state.

The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are at loggerheads over the delay of the construction of Paika Rebellion Memorial at Barunei in Khordha.

The women members, who are engaged to discharge government duties, took the pledge by taking the name of Cuttack Sadar MLA Chandra Sarathi Behera at Khandeita Panchayat under Cuttack Sadar block.

“We send money for schemes from Delhi but the Congress loots it. The Congress government has damaged Rajasthan in four years and Congress leaders also know this well,” PM Modi said, while addressing a public rally in Bikaner’s Naurangdesar village.

With the rural votes being the focus of the party, the party has decided to put up banners and posters in villages and invigorate the booth-level workers. 

Taking a swipe at the BJD, BJP state president Manmohan Samal said Naveen Babu should clarify who are involved in this. 

“The BJP will contest in 147 Assembly and 21 Lok Sabha seats. The party has no confusion regarding this," said BJP state president Manmohan Samal.

At the meeting, the state representatives gave a detailed account of the party’s position in their respective states. Odisha being the focus of the party, a special discussion on the state was held at the meeting. 

A five-member team comprising state president Manmohan Samal, regional prabhari Sunil Bansal, state prabhari D Purandeswari, assistant prabhari Bijaypal Singh Tomar and organisational general secretary Manas Mohanty are all set to attend the July 6 meet.

The Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress are continuing their attacks on the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) over Law Minister Jagannath Saraka’s statement over the ongoing Ratna Bhandar key issue.

BJP president J P Nadda pilloried the Congress on Thursday, saying its leaders get "stomach ache" when Prime Minister Narendra Modi is praised across the globe and call him names.

Bhubaneswar MP Aparajita Sarangi and Odisha BJP Chief Manmohan Samal’s complaint with the Centre against 5T secretary VK Pandian, and the subsequent letter from the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) asking the Odisha government to take necessary action against the ‘erring’ IAS officer, seem to have opened the flood gates of accusations and counter accusations thereby heating up the state politics before the 2024 general election.