Odisha Politics

The proposed month-long mass outreach movement of BJP from September 1 today evoked strong political reactions in Odisha as BJD and Congress dubbed it as a mere exercise of gaining political mileage.

Soon after the results of recently concluded Patkura by-poll and the politically sensitive seat retained by Odisha’s ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) defeating BJP stalwart Bijoy Mohapatra, now eyes of the main political parties are on the…

While all are agog for the result of recently held by-poll to the assembly seat of Patkura under the politically sensitive Kendrapara Lok Sabha seat, Odisha unit of Congress party today conceded defeat merely 24 hours before the counting of…

A day before the Patkura assembly by-poll under the politically sensitive Kendrapara Lok Sabha seat, women MLAs of ruling BJD led by Government Chief Whip Pramila Mallick today moved both the Odisha Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) and…

A day after BJD supremo and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik vacated Bijepur Assembly Constituency under Bargarh Parliamentary Constituency (PC) preferring to retain his home turf and pocket borough Hinjili under Aska PC, political…

Naveen spotted his efficiency when he was the district magistrate and collector of Ganjam. Under Pandian, Ganjam - a poverty-stricken district which was known for a very high rate of migration - was adjudged the best-performing district in…

As countdown to the D-day begins and fate of electoral success or failure is all set to tumble and trickle down from the Pandora Box (popular as EVM) tomorrow, the political leaders of Odisha today had their word finale before media.

In response to BJP leader and Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s press meet today, ruling BJD retorted with a data-based fitting reply and turned the table on the saffron party’s tall claims of ‘double engine’ formula of…

With the opposition, especially the BJP, claiming to wrest the stronghold from BJD this time as BJP’s MP candidate Baijayant Panda had been the two-time BJD MP earlier and BJP is pinning its all hopes on him, BJD’s numero uno star…

Furthering his whirlwind electioneering for the Phase-IV poll of the ongoing general elections (both Lok Sabha and Assembly) and canvassing votes for his party MP and MLA candidates, BJD supremo-cum-Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik…