Tag: Vk Pandian

Bhubaneswar: Sonalika Mohanty, who was detained on Thursday by police while attempting to stage dharna in front of the official residence of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s private secretary VK Pandian, leveled serious allegations against police today stating that she was forced and even slapped to speak against Kendrapara MP Baijayant ‘Jay’ Panda. Speaking at […]

Bhubaneswar/ Rayagada: Condemning large-scale violence in the name of agitation at Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys Ltd (IMFA) plant at Therubali in Rayagada, the district Tribal Union on Friday alleged that such kind of protests are being carried out under ‘pressure’ of the ruling party. The statements of the tribal union has further reinforced the […]

Cuttack: Members of the Mahanga Sachetan Nagarik Sangathan on Sunday, burnt the effigy of Chief Minister ’s private secretary VK Pandian near Nischintakoili Police Station in Cuttack district alleging his role in conspiracy against Kendrapara MP Baijayant Jay Panda and other BJD leaders. Seeking removal of the “non-Odia” bureaucrat,  members of the outfit submitted a […]

Bhubaneswar: It seems Bobby alias Pranab Prakash Das is now the most powerful person in the ruling party as well as the government after VK Pandian, the private secretary of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. The newly formed ‘alliance’ between Pandian and Bobby was exposed on Thursday after former president of ruling BJD’s Kendrapara minority […]

Bhubaneswar: Senior BJD leader Damodar Rout on Friday once again fanned the controversy surrounding the attack on residence of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s private secretary VK Pandian saying that officers protesting the attack will be better off doing some self-introspection. Dama Rout’s op-ed appeared in a local vernacular daily today with the headline ‘introspection […]

Bhubaneswar: Commissionerate Police on Wednesday arrested Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) general secretary, Rakesh Jena in connection with the recent attack on residence of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s private secretary VK Pandian, taking the number of arrest to six in the case. A resident of Jharpada area in Bhubaneswar, Jena will be produced before […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after few BJP activists resorted to vandalism at the official residence of Chief Minister’s private secretary VK Pandian, former BJD Minister Damodar Rout said that there is no harm in removing the bureaucrat on moral grounds if there are allegations against him. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has set precedent of removing people […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik strongly condemned the attack on the official residence of his private secretary V. Karthikeyan Pandian by BJP activists in Bhubaneswar today. “It’s an absolutely shocking incident particularly as some members of a national party have agreed that they took part in it. It’s truly shocking,” Patnaik said while responding to […]

Bhubaneswar: After politicians, government employees have also started raising their voice against VK Pandian, the private secretary to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. Agitating school and college staff today expressed their resentment over Pandian’s interference in the decision-making of the State government. The teachers who have launched a mass agitation against the State government protesting mandatory […]

Rayagada: The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) today faced a fresh warning of rebellion within the party in Gunupur of Rayagada district after leader Hema Gamang called for a revolt against party president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik accusing him of allowing his private secretary VK Pandian to call the shots. “He (Naveen Patnaik) does […]

Bhubaneswar: As soon as BJD’s Kendrapara MP Baijayant Panda was suspended from the party on Wednesday evening, a wave of shock and disappointment took over Twitter in support of the immensely popular parliamentarian, not only by people from Odisha but from across the country. The outpour was so vehement that at a point in time […]

Bhubaneswar: BJD’s conscience suddenly seems both shaken and stirred. Even as the party has been in news for allegations that the shots are not being called by party president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik but his PS VK Pandian,  two senior leaders met the supremo to discuss concerns regarding party affairs. Former MP Baishnab Charan […]

Bhubaneswar: Continuing his tirade against the State government, expelled BJD leader and former minister Damodar Rout today alleged that he was offered a bribe of Rs 1 crore to keep mum on the sapling scam. Rout made such startling revelation during his first public meeting held at Nrurtanga in Mahanaga after his expulsion from BJD. […]

Bhubaneswar: Targeting the State government once again, expelled ruling-BJD leader Damodar Rout today accused VK Pandian, the private secretary of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik of deliberately stalling the process to bring an ordinance to protect the rights of sharecroppers in the State. Spilling the beans, Rout alleged that it was due to Pandian, the […]

That the holy cow is central to the BJP’s brand of politics is public knowledge. Everyone also knows that BJP backed think tanks have discovered many hitherto unknown virtues of cow dung and cow urine. But one never knew that among the myriad virtues of cow dung is its usefulness as a political weapon. Until […]