Bhubaneswar: The Odisha unit of BJP has decided to fire on all cylinders in its protest seeking justice over the murder case of Pari. The main opposition party in the State on Wednesday announced to take up ‘Padayatras’ across the State from December 15 to turn heat on Odisha government. Apart from staging rallies in […]
Bhubaneswar: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday slammed the decision of the Odisha government to shut down about 9000 primary schools having student strength less than 25. The party threatened to launch a massive protest across the State demanding immediate rollback of the decision. Terming the move terrible, BJP State general secretary Prithviraj Harichandan expressed […]
Bhubaneswar: In a scathing attack directed towards the State government, Odisha BJP General Secretary, Prithviraj Harichandan on Friday accused the government of peddling lies regarding the deaths of COVID warriors in the state. Addressing a press conference in the city today, Harichandan said, while a state government press release published on October 7, 2020 stated […]
Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 situation in Odisha is getting worse like Mumbai and the actual COVID-19 count would be over 1 lakh in the state, claimed Congress MLA, Santosh Singh Saluja on Saturday. Saluja further stated that the COVID-19 testing needs to be ramped up in Odisha as only 3,000 to 4,000 tests are being conducted […]
Bhubaneswar: The Congress today launched an online campaign – ‘Speak Up India’ and urged people to speak up against the alleged apathy of the Narendra Modi-led BJP government reportedly to highlight the concerns of COVID-affected and weaker sections of the society. The Odisha BJP, however, has targeted the Opposition and its senior leaders for “doing […]
Bhubaneswar: After raising voice against the Citizen Amendment Act (CAA) & National Register of Citizens (NRC), senior Congress leader and Jatni MLA Sura Routray slammed the central government over implementation of National Population Register (NPR) in the country. Sura said, “We’ll go to every panchayat, every block in every district of Odisha to create mass […]
Bhubaneswar: The three major political parties in Odisha – BJP, BJD and Congress – are bracing up for the high-voltage fight for Patkura Assembly seat under the Kendrapara Lok Sabha constituency. The parties have started mobilising their machinery and currently busy preparing game plans for the poll. On Monday, BJD leaders met at Naveen Niwas […]
Bhubaneswar: A day after the Centre hiked the minimum support price (MSP) for paddy by Rs 65/quintal for the crop year 2019-20, the ruling-BJD and Congress today came down heavily on the BJP for low hike in the rate. The BJD launched a direct attack on the BJP-led Centre and alleged that the previous hike […]
Bhubaneswar: Launching a scathing attack on the Naveen Patnaik-led BJD Government, BJP on Sunday alleged that the State Government is embroiled in large-scale corruption. Speaking to Media, senior BJP leader Pratap Sarangi said, “The Naveen government immersed in corruption is ruling in Odisha for the last 20 years. But it is surprising that the people […]
Bhubaneswar: The BJD today kicked off its ‘Jan Sampark Padayatra’ from Mahisakhala slum here to reach the masses. However, launching a scathing attack on the ruling party, the BJP has dubbed the move as a cover up for the government’s failure on all fronts. “It’s not a journey of achievements, but a ‘Ghanta Ghoda’ yatra […]
Bhubaneswar: With an aim to achieve ‘Mission 120+’ seats in Odisha, BJP has earmarked 200 youths from the State to be part of a motorcycle brigade that will secretly work to strengthen the party at the booth level. As part of the plan, BJP has already sourced motorcycles from Uttar Pradesh where the plan – […]
Bhubaneswar: Opposition parties including the BJP and the Congress on Sunday targeted BJD over its failure in employment generation through industrial policies in Odisha. Speaking on OTV’s discussion on Fourth Test, 3rd innings of Naveen Patnaik led BJD government, senior BJP leader Prithviraj Harichandan alleged that major industrial units have started to backtrack in the […]
Bhubaneswar: Amid fresh allegations and counter allegations of forgery in counting and discrepancy in the declaration of the three-tier panchayat poll results, the BJP today has alleged that the ruling BJD has snatched away 34 Zilla Parishad zones from the former. Demanding suspension of an Election Officer, alleging him of felicitating the victory of a […]
Bhubaneswar: Protesting simultaneous raids on the house of Balasore MP Rabindra Jena, Cuttack-Choudwar MLA Pravat Biswal and Saroj Sahu, a former personal assistant of chief minister Naveen Patnaik, activists of student and youth wings of BJD staged protest demonstration in front of the CBI office here today. Reports said the activists of Biju Chhatra Janata […]