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Bhubaneswar: The Congress on Sunday released its election manifesto and promised loan waiver for farmers up to Rs 2 lakh and financial assistance of Rs 10,000 per year to farmers for three years among many others. Releasing the poll manifesto, OPCC president Niranjan Patnaik said that money of those farmers, who have repaid the loan, […]
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Bhubaneswar: The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has roped in yet another Rajya Sabha member to contest the ensuing Assembly elections. The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced the name of Rajya Sabha member Sarojini Hembram as party’s candidate for the Baripada Assembly constituency in tribal dominated Mayurbhanj district. “Sarojini […]
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Bhubaneswar: The All India Congress Committee (AICC) on Sunday announced names of nine candidates for the ensuing Assembly elections. While Odisha Pradesh Congress committee (OPCC) president Niranjan Patnaik will contest from Bhandaripokhari, Nalinikant Mohanty will fight from Bhadrak, Sitakanta Mohapatra from Barachana, Rabindra Nath kar from Salipur, Bibhransu Lenka from Mahakalpada, Lalatendu Mohapatra from Balikuda-Ersama […]
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Bhubaneswar: The Communist Party of India (CPI), State Council on Saturday released its election manifesto with promises to waive agriculture loans, raise paddy MSP to Rs 3,000 per quintal and provide monthly pension of Rs 6,000 to farmers and Rs 9, 000 to labourers above 60 years of age. CPI State secretary Ashish Kanungo, central […]
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Bhubaneswar: BJP workers were disappointed as the programme of the party star campaigner and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was canceled in the eleventh hour. What disheartened the local leaders is that large numbers of people, despite intense hot, gathered at the scheduled venue to listen to Adityanath but returned disgusted. A high security […]
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Mohana: Odisha Mulnivasi Mancha convenor Rabi Rathan on Saturday attacked BJP and Congress for making false promises and misleading voters ahead of the general election and Assembly elections. While addressing an election rally organized for independent candidate Amson Mallick for Mohana Assembly constituency, Rathan also criticised the former MLA for ignoring dalits, tribals and minorities. […]
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Sundergarh: In a frontal attack on BJD, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday alleged that the BJD Government lacks Sahi Niti (Clean policy) and has obstructed the implementation of financial assistance to farmers, free treatment to the poor under Ayushman yojana and asserted that BJD’s misrule in Odisha is ending. “It shows that they have […]
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Bhapur: A total of four candidates, including three nominees from the BJD, the Congress and the BJP, have filed nomination papers to contest elections from the Khandapada Assembly constituency. While BJP candidate Siddhartha Sekhar Singh and Independent candidate Dusmant Kumar Swain had filed nominations earlier, BJD nominee and Rajya Sabha member Soumya Ranjan Patnaik and […]
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Jeypore: BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday promised to give two installments (Rs 10,000) of KALIA assistance at one go to over 25 lakh more farmers on day-one of Government formation. Announcing the first point of the BJD manifesto at an election rally in Jeypore in Koraput district, Patnaik said that nearly […]
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Rourkela: Senior leader Dilip Ray on Thursday said that he is not a sycophant doesn’t do politics in trepidation and asked voters to not give votes to those who have failed in keeping their promises in an obvious reference to the BJP’s failures in keeping its promises of a second bridge over Brahmani river and […]
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