Tag: Soumya Ranjan Patnaik

Bhubaneswar: Amid fast changing political situation in Odisha, Ama Odisha Party (AOP) Chief Soumya Ranjan Patnaik called upon Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at latter’s residence on Saturday. The meet has led to speculation among several people in the state as they see a new possible alliance between the two parties. However, AOP chief clearly […]

Bhubaneswar: The controversy surrounding the mysterious disappearance of Babula Panda, grandson of freedom fighter Laxmi Indira Panda, on Friday turned murkier with Ama Odisha chief Soumya Ranjan Patnaik joining the ongoing tussle between BJD and BJP on the issue. Even though Babula Panda was traced at Mancheswar area here yesterday, Patnaik on Friday suspected political […]

The Arthika Sanstha Manakdwara Kshatigrastanka Milita Manch today demanded a tehsil-wise survey of chit fund investors who lost their hard-earned money in one of the biggest scam of the State

Shortly after Mr. Soumya Ranjan Patnaik joined the BJD this morning, someone posted on Facebook a video of an interview the ‘Sambad’ Editor had given to a local TV channel some time back. Asked about the possibility of joining the BJD during the course of the interview, Patnaik says rhetorically, “I am running an Odia […]

Bhubaneswar: Senior Congress leader Kanhu Charan Lenka on Sunday blamed the top leadership of the party’s State unit for the poor performance in 2019 polls in Odisha alleging that the vested interests of OPCC chief Niranjan Patnaik and others led to the party’s debacle in the State. Debacle of Congress here in the 2019 polls […]

Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal’s (BJD) plan to field as many as six Rajya Sabha members in the 2019 Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Odisha appeared to have had a boomerang effect on the party. The party may lose one Rajya Sabha seat if the united opposition field a consensus candidate against the BJD […]

Bhubaneswar: BJD leader S R Patnaik on Thursday strongly opposed a proposal by the ISKCON Ludhiana unit to organise the annual Rath Yatra on a different date, and urged the Odisha chief minister to take up the matter with his Punjab counterpart. The issue was raised by Patnaik in the assembly, who cited reports that […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after creating a storm by terming the kidnapping and murder of five-year-old Nayagarh girl ‘Pari’ ‘a minor incident’, BJD vice-president and Khandapada MLA Soumya Ranjan Patnaik on Saturday took a U-turn, claiming that his version had been distorted by some people for gaining political mileage. “Some people with a bleak political future […]

Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Vice President and Khandapada MLA Soumya Ranjan Patnaik on Tuesday triggered a row by openly admitting administrative negligence in the Kotia border dispute. Patnaik was out to get him tested for COVID-19 before the budget session of the Odisha Assembly beginning on February 18, when he spoke his mind on […]