Tag: Opposition

Bhubaneswar: The legislators of the ruling and Opposition parties today targeted the Assembly Speaker alleging that they were not allowed to speak during the question hour session of the Odisha Assembly today. Congress’ Jeypore MLA Tara Bahinipati and BJD MLA from Dhenkanal, Sudhir Kumar Samal, alleged that they were not given a chance to raise […]

Bhubaneswar: Despite strong opposition by its MPs in both the Houses of the Parliament, questions are being raised on what conditions Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik extended support to the Centre on the contentious RTI amendment bill. The BJD MPs, during discussion in Parliament, opposed the bill which seeks to reduce the tenure of Chief Information […]

Bhubaneswar: Members of both the Opposition and ruling party today expressed displeasure in the State Assembly over safety of senior citizens. Responding to a question by the Opposition, Social Security Minister Ashok Panda said that as many as 286 cases of atrocity against elderly parents were registered, of which verdict of 119 cases is out […]

 Bhubaneswar: Opposition parties today targeted the Odisha government over the KALIA scheme alleging that it was rolled out only to gain political mileage ahead of elections. Questions including how beneficiaries were chosen, source of funds and how sharecroppers are being benefitted were raised during a discussion on an adjournment motion in the Odisha Assembly today. […]

Bhubaneswar/Balasore: Alleging failure in bringing down the cases of illegal transportation of cattle in the State, the Opposition parties- BJP and Congress today launched a scathing attack on the Odisha government in the Assembly. There has been a significant rise in the number of illegal transportation of cattle through Odisha. As per reports, national highway-16 […]

Balasore/Kendrapara: Close on the heels of final list release of National Register of Citizens (NRC) for Assam, Opposition parties in Odisha have demanded a register of citizens to identify immigrants in the State. “All the immigrants who are residing in Odisha should be sent back to the place where they originally belong to. Naveen babu […]

Bhubaneswar: As BJD launched its membership drive at party headquarters in Bhubaneswar today, Opposition slammed the ruling party over making Aadhaar linking mandatory for such membership. While BJP accused BJD of threatening existing beneficiaries and contriving to include ineligible beneficiaries in government schemes through such Aadhaar linking exercise, Congress called it a political gimmick to […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Friday conferred Minister of State (MoS), principal secretary and chief secretary ranks on the newly-appointed advisors to various key departments. A total of 11 BJD leaders were appointed as advisors last month. While the MoS status has been accorded to six department advisors, one got the rank of chief secretary […]

Bhubaneswar: The winter session of Odisha Assembly is likely to begin with a stormy note from November 13 with the Opposition political parties ready to go all guns blazing at the ruling BJD over several major issues. The chief opposition, BJP has planned to raise issues including the death of lady PEO Smitarani Biswal, harassment […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday accused the opposition of speaking Pakistan’s language on the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill and asserted that the proposed legislation will be written in “golden letters” in history. Addressing the BJP parliamentary party meeting, Modi said the bill is as “historic” as the government’s decision to nullify Article 370, Parliamentary […]

Poreyahat (Jharkhand): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday alleged that the opposition parties are spreading “falsehood” about the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) among the students. The BJP president accused the Congress, Aam Admi Party and the Trinamool Congress of “misleading” students on CAA. “Congress, AAP and the Trinamool Congress are playing vote bank politics […]

Bhubaneswar: Soon after the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) launched a month-long awareness padyatra on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti today, the BJP and Congress strongly criticised the move and termed it an attempt to cover up the failure and irregularities in the COVID19 management. “The Centre has allocated funds and ventilators to the State […]

Kendrapara: The protest against a proposed mega drinking water project on the Kharashrota river near Barigada village in the district has gathered more steam. Two days after thousands of villagers at Rajkanika formed a two kilometre long human chain to register their opposition to the proposed move by the state government on Monday, they reportedly […]

Bhubaneswar: Stalemate continues in Odisha Assembly for fifth straight day due to heavy pandemonium created by both Opposition and treasury bench members. Soon after the House assembled for the day, Opposition BJP and ruling BJD members stormed into the well and created heavy noise. BJP members alleged mandi mismanagement while BJD MLAs shouted, demanding apology […]