Bhubaneswar, Feb 9 (IANS) The Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) on Sunday announced that the Congress party will support the nationwide strike called by various central trade unions on February 12 against the alleged anti-people legislations and policy measures promoted by the Union Government. In a press statement issued by the Odisha Congress, OPCC President Bhakta Charan Das said the party has been holding nationwide strikes, demonstrations, and hunger strikes in response to the centra…
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Bhubaneswar, Feb 1 (IANS) Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) President Bhakta Charan Das on Sunday strongly criticised the Union Budget for the 2026–27 financial year, presented in Parliament, describing it as ‘anti-people’ and ‘directionless’. Speaking to media persons, Das also alleged that the Union Budget tabled in Parliament by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman primarily benefits a “handful of industrialists” while neglecting the needs of farmers, women, youth, the poo…
Bhubaneswar, Jan 20 (IANS) The Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Odisha Assembly and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president, Naveen Patnaik, on Tuesday expressed deep anguish over the recent killing of a youth belonging to a minority community over allegations of illegal cattle smuggling in Balasore district of the state. Patnaik revealed his anguish during a meeting of senior party leaders at Naveen Niwas here. Following the instructions of the BJD president, a delegation of party leaders on Tuesd…
Bhubaneswar, Dec 29 (IANS) The Odisha Congress on Monday staged a protest against ‘illegal’ collection of Additional Security Deposit (ASD) and demanded free electricity to farmers and households. The Congress workers led by Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) President Bhakta Charan Das, protested outside TP Central Odisha Distribution Limited’s (TPCODL) Bhubaneswar office here.The demonstrators also raised their voices against the installation of new electricity meters, alleging tha…
New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has once again found himself at the centre of a political storm after making a statement on India’s foreign policy, asserting that the defeat of a Prime Minister is equivalent to the defeat of India.While the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) welcomed Tharoor’s remarks, the statement has once again drawn criticism from within his own party, the Congress.The BJP and the JD-U backed Tharoor’s comments, emphasising the …
Bhubaneswar, Dec 27 (IANS) Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Bhakta Charan Das on Saturday launched a scathing attack on Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, stating that the CEC’s darshan of Lord Jagannath would not help the Election Commission of India (ECI) “get rid of its sins.”The Congress leader accused the ECI of functioning as an auxiliary body of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), alleging that it has compromised its constitutional responsibility…