BJP fields Sanat Gartia again from Bijepur

Bhubaneswar: The BJP on Sunday announced Sanat Gartia as party’s candidate for the by-election to Bijepur Assembly constituency to be held on October 21. Sanat had unsuccessfully fought the last polls against BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. The candidature of Sanat was announced after party’s Central Election Committee cleared his name. The ruling […]

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BJP reviews poll performance, chalks out plan for Patkura, Bijepur Assembly seats

Bhubaneswar: BJP leaders on Sunday reviewed party’s performance in the recently concluded simultaneous Lok Sabha and State Assembly elections and also chalked out strategy for deferred election in Patkura besides byelection in Bijepur. The meeting chaired by party president Basanta Panda was attended by Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, party national party president Baijyant Panda, party […]

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Naveen may contest from Bijepur

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik may contest from Bijepur Assembly constituency in Bargarh district, sources said. Today, Patnaik said that he was ‘seriously considering’ a proposal of leaders from western Odisha to contest from their region. After his party’s thumping victory in the Bijepur byelection in February last year, […]

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