Bhubaneswar, July 12 (IANS) The Opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Sunday accused the BJP government in Odisha of making a “futile attempt” to erase the legacy of Mission Shakti, a flagship women’s empowerment programme launched under the previous BJD regime, by removing the photograph and information of former Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik from its official website.Addressing a press conference at Sankha Bhawan, the BJD headquarters, senior party women leaders, including Chief Whip in the Odis…
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Bhubaneswar, July 12 (IANS) Ending speculation over his political future, former Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader and former MLA Pravat Ranjan Biswal joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at a special programme in Bhubaneswar on Sunday.Biswal, a three-time MLA, arrived at the state BJP headquarters along with his supporters in a rally and joined the ruling party in the presence of Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and state BJP president Manmohan Samal.Biswal was first elected to the Odisha…
Bhubaneswar, July 10 (IANS) The opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Friday lodged a police complaint alleging that an AI-generated deepfake video targeting party president and Leader of Opposition Naveen Patnaik was circulated on social media with the intention of tarnishing his image. Leaders of the Biju Chhatra Janata Dal (BCJD), the student wing of the BJD, filed an FIR with the Capital Police Station in Bhubaneswar, demanding legal action against the creator of the alleged deepfake video and…
Bhubaneswar, July 9 (IANS) The opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Thursday raised serious concerns over the alleged non-payment of financial assistance to more than 50,000 children orphaned during the COVID-19 pandemic since March this year. In a press statement, the regional party condemned the state government over the alleged non-payment of financial assistance to children orphaned due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The party alleged that the state government is not only failing to provide pension…
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in Jakarta on the first leg of a three-nation tour on Tuesday, remembered Odisha’s former chief minister Biju Patnaik’s role in Indonesia’s independence movement, adding how his actions helped bring the country closer to India, according to reports. Popularly known as Biju Babu, he performed a daring 1947 evacuation of Indonesian leaders from Dutch-held Java, cementing his bond and establishing his heroics as an accomplished pilot.Incidental…
Bhubaneswar, June 30 (IANS) The opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has upped the ante against the state government, intensifying its demand for the resignation of School and Mass Education Minister Nityananda Gond over the errors in the newly published textbooks for classes I to VIII. On Tuesday, members of the Biju Yuva Janata Dal (BYJD) and Biju Chhatra Janata Dal (BCJD), the youth and student wings of the BJD, staged a peaceful demonstration in Bhubaneswar demanding the minister’s resignation a…
Bhubaneswar, June 26 (IANS) The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Friday expressed deep concerns over the alleged murder of a trader in the Remuna area of Baleswar district and constituted a team of senior party leaders to undertake an on-ground assessment of the situation. The victim trader, identified as S.K. Hamid of Remuna, was allegedly shot to death by unknown bike-borne miscreants in broad daylight at Arad Bazar of Baleswar town on Thursday afternoon.The BJD has raised serious concerns about the p…
Bhubaneswar, June 25 (IANS) In a significant political development, former IAS officer Sujata R. Karthikeyan, wife of Leader of Opposition Naveen Patnaik’s trusted aide and bureaucrat-turned-politician V.K. Pandian, formally joined the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Thursday, putting an end to months of speculation over her political entry.She joined the BJD in the presence of party president Patnaik at a special programme held at Sankha Bhawan, the headquarters of the BJD in Bhubaneswar.Welcoming S…
Bhubaneswar, June 22 (IANS) Acting on concerns raised by Leader of Opposition Naveen Patnaik, Union Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary has written to the BJD president informing him that the Department of Financial Services under the Union Finance Ministry has taken serious note of the alleged harassment faced by tribal man Jitu Munda at an Odisha Grameen Bank (OGB) branch in Malliposi, Keonjhar district, in April this year. The Department has directed Regional Rural Banks to ensure …
Bhubaneswar, June 20 (IANS) Opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Sunday slammed the state government, alleging that the brutal assault on a young man and a woman from outside Odisha by a mob of around 40 villagers on suspicion of being child-lifters in Kalyansinghpur of Rayagada district on June 16 reflects a complete breakdown of governance and law and order in the state. Addressing a press conference at the BJD headquarters here, Rajya Sabha MP Sulata Deo cited the attack on the non-Odia victim…