Bhubaneswar, Feb 20 (IANS) Leader of Opposition and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik slammed the annual state budget presented in the assembly on Friday by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, calling the budget ‘full menu in an empty kitchen’. Speaking to media persons on the budget outside the house, the former CM said, “What can I say about this budget. It sounds to me like a full menu in an empty kitchen.”Meanwhile, senior leader of the Biju Janata Dal, Dibya Shankar Mish…
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Bhubaneswar, Feb 16 (IANS) The Congress party is all set to target the government by raising several key issues concerning various sections of society in the Odisha Assembly during the upcoming budget session, scheduled to start on February 17. Ahead of the session, a meeting of the Congress Legislature Party was held on the Assembly premises to discuss the party’s strategy for the crucial session of the Odisha Legislative Assembly.The Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president, Bha…
Bhubaneswar, Feb 13 (IANS) Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Kanhu Charan Lenka passed away at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar on Friday. The veteran leader departed at the age of 86.Lenka enjoyed a distinguished social and political career spanning several decades. He also held multiple portfolios in both the state and Union governments during his illustrious political journey.Lenka was a Member of Parliament from Odisha between 1988 and 1994. He served as Minister of State in …
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…
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…