Bhubaneswar, April 9 (IANS) Senior Biju Janata Dal leader Dr Sasmit Patra has tendered his resignation from the post of Parliamentary Party leader of the BJD in the Rajya Sabha.The party supremo and former Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday accepted Patra’s resignation.“President Biju Janata Dal Shri. Naveen Patnaik has accepted the resignation of Dr Sasmit Patra, MP, as leader of the BJD parliamentary party, Rajya Sabha, today,” according to an official party statement.Sources also c…
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Bhubaneswar, March 5 (IANS) Senior Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader and party’s nominee Santrupt Misra, along with the opposition parties’ joint candidate Dr Datteswar Hota, filed their nominations for the Rajya Sabha biennial elections on Thursday.Former Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik, Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) chief Bhakta Charan Das, Congress Legislature party leader Rama Chandra Kadam and senior leaders of the opposition parties were present during the filing of…
Bhubaneswar, March 3 (IANS) BJP MLA Prakash Chandra Sethi on Tuesday expressed confidence that the BJP will secure the maximum number of seats in the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections from Odisha.Sethi asserted that several MLAs from both the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and the Indian National Congress (Congress) are going to extend support to the BJP candidate in the interest of the state.The BJP MLA claimed that internal dissatisfaction within Congress and BJD could influence the voting pattern. Accord…
Bhubaneswar, Feb 28 (IANS) Biju Janata Dal (BJD) President Naveen Patnaik on Saturday named senior party leader Santrupt Misra and urologist Datteswar Hota as the two candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections.Addressing media persons, Patnaik said, “For the Rajya Sabha election, our party has decided to nominate two candidates.”“Senior party leader Santrupt has been nominated for the third seat. For the fourth seat, the party has chosen Datteswar Hota as a common candidate,” he s…
Bhubaneswar, Feb 3 (IANS) The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the main opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) engaged in a war of words over the quality and credibility of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). Addressing a press conference here on Monday, BJD leaders alleged that despite meeting the Election Commission of India (ECI) twice and submitting written representations over alleged irregularities in the 2024 elections, several key questions still remain unanswered.Senior BJD leader and p…