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Bhubaneswar, September. 8: The BJD appears to be standing on a sticky wicket. The increasing exodus of leaders from Naveen Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal (BJD) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has generated a palpable sense of worry and uneasiness in the regional outfit’s camp. And, this exodus comes at a time when speculations are high […]
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Bhubaneswar, July 23: BJD president Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday said that there is nothing in the Union Budget for Odisha. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Budget 2024-25 in the Lok Sabha today. “BJP had put special category status in their manifesto as a promise to the people of Odisha, however, this promise has […]
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Bhubaneswar, July 5: Silence rules the roost in Odisha’s Biju Janata Dal (BJD). Leaders of the regional party that ruled the state for an unstinted 24 years are maintaining a discreet silence since they lost power to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on June 4. So far, neither the BJD president Naveen Patnaik nor any […]
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Bhubaneswar, June 24: Speculations are doing the rounds that all is not well in the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) headed by five-time chief minister Naveen Patnaik. Also, rumours have been coming thick and fast that might disintegrate if Naveen does not mend his behavior and trust someone, especially a person with political understanding, to run […]
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Bhubaneswar, June 9: Bureaucrat-turned-BJD leader VK Pandian on Sunday announced retirement from active politics amid a section of party leaders and workers expressing resentment against Pandian following the party’s poll defeat in the State. “My only intent was to help Naveen Patnaik,” the BJD leader, who is a close aide of Naveen Patnaik, said in […]
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Bhubaneswar, June 2: The BJP will likely gain political ground in Odisha with India Today-Axis My India exit predicting 62 to 80 seats for the party in the 147-seat Assembly. The Biju Janata Dal (BJD), led by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, may see its tally fall considerably and is likely to get 62 to 80 […]
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Bhubaneswar, May 29: Amid videos of BJD leader VK Pandian adjusting Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s shivering hands going viral on social media, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that the well-wishers of the BJD leader were worried over his health, and they believed that there might be a conspiracy behind it. Addressing election […]
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Bhubaneswar, May 6: Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday asserted that the BJP will have its own Government in Odisha on June 10, giving an indication that the Naveen Patnaik-led regional Biju Janata Dal (BJD) will be voted out of power, – BJD’s key strategist V Karthikeyan Pandian countered his statement and said, […]
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Bhubaneswar, April 22: Two sitting MLAs for Odisha’s ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD)— Raghunandan Das of Balikuda- Ersama constituency and Sunanda Das of Bari — on Monday spewed venom against the party’s strategists after being denied party tickets to contest the forthcoming assembly polls. They alleged conspiracies behind denial of party tickets to them to […]
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Bhubaneswar, April 9: Prospective ticket aspirants in Odisha are now passing tense moments as their party bosses adopt a dilatory approach to release full lists of candidates. Delay in release of the full lists of candidates has made the aspirants sit at their homes with fingers crossed. Odisha, which has got 21 Lok Sabha and […]
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