Tag: Elections 2019

Panaji: If the ‘gathbandhan’ wins the 2019 general elections, Mayawati will be the Prime Minister on Monday, Akhilesh Yadav will be the premier on Tuesday and so on and so forth, BJP national President Amit Shah said here on Saturday, mocking the efforts to cobble together a coalition against the Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after the BJP announced several poll sops including provision of land records (pattas), jobs to youths and pucca houses while urging people to vote for the party in the upcoming polls, senior BJD leader Sanjay Das Burma today came down heavily on the saffron party and said that their promises are the […]

Kendrapara: Uproarious scenes were witnessed during an inauguration ceremony of a sub-divisional hospital at Pattamundai today as BJD and Congress members entered into a scuffle during the programme. Odisha Health Minister Pratap Jena was at Pattamundai today to inaugurate the sub-divisional hospital and a 30-bedded mother and child care unit when supporters of Congress MLA […]

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to score the first-mover advantage over its rivals BJD and BJP, Odisha Congress today started its candidate selection process for the upcoming Lok Sabha and Assembly elections 2019. The All India Congress Committee (AICC) screening committee for Odisha today held discussions with party workers and office-bearers at the State party office […]

Bhubaneswar: A six-member team of the Election Commission of India (ECI) led by Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa today met the representatives of major political parties in Odisha to discuss the preparations for the upcoming general elections. The team reportedly held discussions with the representatives of the BJD, BJP, Congress, CPI and other political parties. While […]

Bhubaneswar: Soon after the meeting with Election Commission of Indian (ECI) officials, leaders of the major political parties engaged in mud-slinging with the BJP accusing BJD of misutilising government machineries while Congress hit out at both the BJP and the BJD. “We have informed the ECI team about the misuse of power by the ruling […]

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the general elections, the All India Congress Committee has approached the selection of candidates in Odisha with a different strategy. Camping in the State for the first time, the AICC Screening Committee has turned its focus on 11 different Lok Sabha constituencies. Going by the party chief Rahul Gandhi’s formula to select […]

New Delhi: The Congress Working Committee (CWC), the partys highest decision-making body will meet on February 26 in Prime Minister Narendra Modis home state Gujarat to chalk out and finalise the roadmap for the Lok Sabha elections. To be presided over by party President Rahul Gandhi, the meeting in Ahmedabad will also be attended by […]

Bhubaneswar: The Screening Committee constituted by All India Congress Committee to oversee candidate selection process in Odisha will once again visit the State towards the end of the month to select candidates for the remaining 10 Lok Sabha constituencies and the Assembly seats under it. All India Congress Committee screening committee member, Naushad Solanki today […]

Chennai: Superstar Rajinikanth on Sunday announced that he won’t contest the coming Lok Sabha battle and that his target was only the Tamil Nadu Assembly polls. Rajinikanth said in a statement here that the water crisis was a major issue faced by the people of Tamil Nadu and he urged them to vote for a […]

Bhubaneswar: As elections draw closer the fluctuating fortunes of Congress, the main opposition party in the state, are being closely watched. The Grand Old party, which ruled the state for the longest period and was considered virtually invincible a few decades ago, seems to be in a freefall with both BJP and the Naveen Patnjaik-led […]

Bhubaneswar: A meeting of the manifesto committee of Odisha Congress was held today in presence of party’s prospective candidates for the 21 Lok Sabha constituencies of the state. It is believed that Congress is focusing on farmer issues to turn things round in its favour during the upcoming elections. Following victories in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh […]

Boudh: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today inaugurated and laid foundation stones of several projects in Boudh district today. In Kantamal block of the district, Patnaik laid the foundation stone for several developmental projects worth Rs 543 crore and also distributed assistance to beneficiaries under several ongoing welfare schemes. The CM also laid the foundation […]

Bhawanipatna/Khurda: While the Odisha unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is going for broke to give a fillip to its electoral campaign in the State, it seems the top brass of the BJP has already chosen to play safe. Earlier, both Narendra Modi and Amit Shah and today Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi still remains popular with the masses but it would be difficult for the BJP to replicate its 2014 success in Uttar Pradesh, says a survey on the evolving political scenario in the state ahead of the upcoming elections. The survey also says that the tension after the Pulwama terror […]