Tag: Rift In Bjd

Sambalpur: Rift in the BJD unit of Sambalpur has come to fore after a faction of party workers on Friday levelled allegations against the party’s district observer and Rajya Sabha member Pratap Deb for not inviting the local MLA and district president to a party meeting. Reportedly, a meeting was organised by Deb at Gosala […]

Angul: Rift in ruling-BJD’s Angul district unit came to fore after sarpanches of as many as 15 panchayats on Wednesday alleged negligence by party MLA and the local administration. Hundreds of party workers, chiefs of the panchayats, samiti members and block vice -chairpersons staged a dharna in front of the block office and accused the […]

Koraput: Rift intensified within the Koraput district unit of the BJD after block president of the party Saheb Khila openly lashed out at senior leaders of the party who are in charge of the district affairs. Khila threatened that he will resign from his post alleging that he has been sidelined by the party. Khila […]

Jagatsinghpur: The ongoing infighting and rift within the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) came to fore during party’s Mahila Morcha’s convention at Kujang here today. According to reports, a scuffle broke out between the supporters of Jagatsinghpur district president Bishnu Das and Tirtol MLA Rajashree Mallick near Tarpur bypass road. Trouble erupted after supporters of […]

Angul: Workers of the BJD in Chhendipada Assembly constituency have openly revolted against party MLA Susant Behera alleging lackadaisical attitude of the leader towards the development of the area. The rift in the party unit came to fore after hundreds of workers and leaders protested against the MLA during a public rally in Badasinghar panchayat […]

Bhubaneswar: Members of the BJD’s Baliapal unit in Balasore district met party president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today protesting alleged anti-party ouster of party workers by MP Rabindra Jena. ‘Biju Shramik Samukhya’ state vice president Sachindra Das said MP Jena who is the district party president had conspired to defeat the BJD from winning […]

Bhubaneswar: Rift in the Khurda district unit of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) came to the fore today after two groups of the party clashed with each other in full public view over local MLA’s intervention in an issue. According to sources, on Tuesday, two rival groups of the district unit of the party had decided […]

Puri: Rift surfaced in Brahmagiri unit of ruling BJD after a faction of party leaders and activists targeted party MLA and senior leader Sanjay Das Burma alleging him of only doing politics by installing plaques and not carrying out any development work. A group of party workers in a press meet on Sunday alleged that […]

Sundergarh: Amid talks of rift in BJD’s Sundergarh Assembly constituency after party leader Kusum Tete’s protest against entry of former Congress MLA Jogesh Singh into the party fold recently, the intra-party fighting seems to have intensified. According to sources, both Jogesh and Tete are leaving no stone unturned to win the confidence of the party […]

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of general elections beginning April 11, BJD seems to have got the double whammy. Not only disgruntled leaders are leaving the party in hordes, but the serious challenge staring at the party is the rise in dissidence within the party units across the State over selection of candidates giving the party the worst […]

Bhubaneswar: As BJD is busy finalising candidates for constituencies going to polls in the third and fourth phases, infighting within the party’s Niali unit came to fore today with supporters of an MLA clashing with followers of another ticket aspirant. According to sources, supporters of Niali MLA Pramod Mallick staged a demonstration today in front […]

Jagatsinghpur: Tension erupted at Mundala Chhak in Naugaon area of the district after clashes broke out between two groups of BJD workers during a poll campaign. According to sources, volunteers of Jagatsinghpur BJD leader Amarendra Das allegedly stopped the supporters of local party candidate Prasant Muduli while the latter was conducting a roadshow near Mundala […]