Bhubaneswar: Former Chairperson of Odisha State Commission For Women Jyoti Panigrahi resigned from primary membership of the Biju Janata Dal and all positions in the party ahead of the general elections. She tendered her resignation to the BJD President Naveen Patnaik with a ‘heavy and saddened heart’ ending her association with the party for around 30 years. Panigrahi was the Senior ...

Bhubaneswar: 8/4/24:Former Bargarh Lok Sabha member Prabhas Singh today resigned from the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) after reportedly being denied a party ticket for the forthcoming 2024 elections in Odisha. He tendered his resignation letter to BJD chief Naveen Niwas visiting his residence Naveen Niwas in Bhubaneswar. Prabhas Singh was elected to the Lok Sabha from Bargarh in 2014 elections. ...

Bhubaneswar: 8/4/24:The Odisha unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is using under-aged children in the election campaign in Khorda violating the rights of children and the Election Commission’s guidelines, alleged the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Monday. A delegation of the BJD moved the Chief Electoral Officer and Election Commission of Odisha seeking action against the saffron party. “It ...

Bhubaneswar5/4/24:: A day after quitting the ruling BJD after being denied a party ticket to contest the forthcoming assembly elections in Odisha, Athmallik MLA Ramesh Sai today joined the BJP at an event in Athmallik in Angul district. Ramesh Chandra Sai was welcomed to the saffron party by the Union Education Minister and BJP’s Lok Sabha candidate from Sambalpur Dharmendra ...

Bhubaneswar:2/4/24: Hours after the BJP announced its first list of 112 Assembly candidates on Tuesday, the All India Congress Committee (AICC) released its first list of candidates for eight Lok Sabha and 49 Assembly seats in Odisha. As per the notification released by AICC, several candidates have been announced for the upcoming assembly and Lok Sabha elections in Odisha. Odisha ...

New Delhi:1/4/24: Actor-turned-politician Anubhav Mohanty today joined the BJP today. He had left the ruling BJD in Odisha a few days ago. The Kendrapara MP joined the saffron party in New Delhi. Mohanty was welcomed to the BJP by senior party leader, Vinod Tawde. The former MP Anubhav Mohanty was entangled in a legal battle with his wife Varsha Priyadarshani. ...

Bhubaneswar: 31/3/24:With elections in Odisha barely weeks away, former Kuchinda MLA Brundaban Majhi returned to Biju Janata Dal (BJD) fold on Sunday. He was inducted into the Conch party at Sankha Bhawan here in the presence of organisational secretary Pranab Prakash Das and Rajya Sabha member Sasmit Patra. A prominent tribal leader, Majhi had won from Kuchinda on Janata Dal ...

Bhubaneswar:31/3/24: A day after quitting the ruling BJD, actor-turned-politician Akash Dasnayak joined the BJP in Odisha on Sunday. Dasnayak, a former MLA from Korei constituency in Jajpur, joined BJP at its Odisha unit headquarters here ahead of the upcoming simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in the state.BJP Odisha unit president Manmohan Samal and other leaders of the party including ...

Bhubaneswar: 30/3/24:Shortly after resigning from the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD), former Odisha MLA Priyadarshi Mishra joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday ahead of the crucial Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in the state. The former MLA from Bhubaneswar North joined the saffron party in the presence of Odisha BJP President Manmohan Samal and Bhubaneswar MP Aparajita Sarangi ...

Bhubaneswar: 30/3/24:Three senior leaders of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from Odisha have been made members of party’s manifesto committee for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in the country. BJP national president Jagat Prakash Nadda on Saturday announced the 27-member manifesto committee of the party for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. While Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has been made the chairman ...