Tag: Damodar Rout

Bhubaneswar: Barely two days after expelling senior leader and former minister Damodar Rout from BJD, party supremo and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today effected a few changes in the party’s organisational posts. Through a press release, party general secretary Prashant Nanda informed that Balikuda-Ersama MLA Prasanta Muduli has been appointed as the BJD Working President […]

Bhubaneswar: As the dissent against senior party leader and ex-minister Damodar Rout continues to grow among BJD leaders for his alleged involvement in anti-party activities, Rout today once again lashed out at his political colleagues and brought in allegation of bias against him. Balikuda-Erasama BJD MLA Prashant Kumar Muduli and Jagatsinghpur district president Bishnu Charan […]

Bhubaneswar: With political equations changing thick and fast, many have started to speculate the formation of as many as two new parties in Odisha ahead of the crucial general elections this year. Though some leaders had made a few attempts in the later part of 2018, such endeavours did not materialise; but experts believe that […]

Cuttack: Expelled BJD leader Damodar Rout once again spewed venom against Odisha government today and targeted Barabati-Cuttack MLA Debasish Samantaray. Rout, who organised a massive road show in Cuttack today, alleged that the local MLA is involved in corruption particularly in execution of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)-assisted integrated sanitation project in the city. […]

Bhubaneswar: Following vandalism & violence during Puri bandh observed last week, opposition parties have turned the heat on the Odisha government alleging Minister Maheswar Mohanty’s involvement and demanded his ouster from cabinet. The Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) today questioned the role of Minister Maheswar Mohanty in the entire incident. BJP legislature party leader, KV Singh […]

Bhubaneswar:  Coming down heavily on Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, expelled BJD leader Damodar Rout once again alleged that corruption has become a way of functioning of the state government here. “The CM has proved that he changes stance to bail his people out of dicey situations. When his ministers spoke about corruption, he termed such allegations […]

Bhubaneswar: Targeting the State government once again, expelled ruling-BJD leader Damodar Rout today accused VK Pandian, the private secretary of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik of deliberately stalling the process to bring an ordinance to protect the rights of sharecroppers in the State. Spilling the beans, Rout alleged that it was due to Pandian, the […]

Bhubaneswar: At a time when political mudsling is already on over gangster Tito links, senior Congress leader Bibhu Prasad Tarai today spewed venom against senior BJD leader Damodar Rout and own party leader Bapi Sarkhel. Accusing Rout of shielding persons with criminal background, Tarai demanded for a High Court-monitored special investigation team probe. “Damodar Rout […]

Small scale industries can flourish in Odisha if big corporate houses and government extend support and cooperation, state Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Minister Damodar Rout has said

Stung by Rahul Gandhi's criticism of Odisha government, ruling BJD on Sunday said the Congress vice president knew nothing about the state and that he was only mouthing the words of his party leaders

Bhubaneswar: An Odisha minister on Sunday alleged that a section of officials of Posco and Jagatsinghpur district administration were responsible for the ongoing agitation by a group of people demanding a hike in the compensation paid to land losers and involvement of local people in the construction of the company’s boundary wall. “I know a […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after BJD’s Cuttack Barabati MLA Debasish Samantaray said that he had to forego his interest for fighting from Paradip constituency because of Damodar Rout, the latter today took a dig at the MLA saying that Paradip is not an idle patch of land that anyone can come and start cultivating. Rout said, […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after proposing a name for his new regional party named after former Chief Minister late Biju Patnaik, senior leader Damodar Rout today clarified that discussion on the finalisation of the party’s name is still under process. The former agriculture minister yesterday proposed to form a party named as Biju Samatakranti Dal. As […]

Bhubaneswar: With one after another high profile leaders deserting the ruling-BJD camp, now concerns being raised over the prospects of the party during upcoming 2019 elections. After the exits of leaders like Rama Ranjan Baliarsing, Jayram Pangi, former Kendrapara MP and senior leader Jay Panda, ouster of senior leader Damodar Rout and recently resignation of […]

Paradip: The BJD is all set to organise a Mahila Samavesh of the party’s women wing at Kujang in Paradip Assembly constituency on September 30, for the first time after the ouster of senior leader Damodar Rout from the party. According to sources, several ministers, senior party leaders, Biju Mahila Janata Dal (BMJD) leader Pramila […]