Odisha Elections News

Poll campaign in Odisha ends

27/04/201928/04/2019Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bhubaneswar: Campaigning for the fourth phase of Lok Sabha and Assembly elections, the last polling day in Odisha, came to an end on Saturday evening in the State. On the last day of electioneering for the fourth phase, all political parties made final efforts to woo the voters. Today, BJP national president Amit Shah addressed […]

‘Betrayed Ganjam farmers to vote NOTA’

04/04/201905/04/2019Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Berhampur: The Ganjam Zilla Milita Chashi Sangathan has called upon farmers not to campaign for any political party and to give votes in NOTA (None of The Above) as the BJP Government at the Centre and the BJD Government in the State have betrayed them. The Sangathan also stated that it would distribute leaflets to […]

BJD Govt has failed in farm sector: Congress

03/04/2019Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bhubaneswar: The Congress on Wednesday slammed the State Government for failing to effect development in the agriculture sector and provide support to farmers during the last 19 years. “While more than 60 per cent of the State’s population is dependent on agriculture, the BJD Government has done little for them. Almost 4,000 farmers committed suicide […]

CM Naveen to start poll campaigning from Wednesday, hold road shows in Berhampur

02/04/201903/04/2019Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bhubaneswar/Berhampur: BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, the top star campaigner of the BJD, will take to a hectic campaigning across the State for party’s Lok Sabha and Assembly candidates, fielded to contest upcoming elections, from April 3 to 27. As only eight days is left for elections to be held in the first-phase […]

Raghunath Mohanty joins BJP, likely to contest from Basta Assembly seat

02/04/2019Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bhubaneswar: Senior leader Raghunath Mohanty, who resigned from the BJD on Sunday after being denied ticket, joined BJP on Tuesday and is expected to be fielded in the Assembly polls from his home turf Basta in Balasore district. The veteran leader joined the saffron party in the presence of Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and party […]

Jobs, drinking water, roads top priorities for voters in Odisha: Survey

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Bhubaneswar: Better employment opportunities, drinking water and road connectivity are the top priorities for the voters in Odisha, as per a survey by the Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR). The ADR conducted a voter survey between October 2018 and December 2018. The survey covered approximately 10,500 respondents across all 21 parliamentary constituencies of Odisha. According […]

Kalyani begins high-voltage campaign

28/03/2019Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Paralakhemundi: BJD candidate Yuvarani Kalyani Devi has started a high-voltage campaigning with party workers across the Paralakhemundi Assembly constituency. Kalyani Devi, a descendant of Maharaja Krushna Chandra Gajapati’s family, is respected by people of Gajapati district because of developmental works done over a hundred years ago by the royal family. As many as seven canals, […]