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September 8, 2025, 04:01 PM - 2 min read
Welcoming the move, senior BJP leader and Union minister Jual Oram said, "By deciding that BJD MPs will abstain from voting, Naveen Babu has indirectly supported the NDA candidate."
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August 3, 2025, 04:33 PM - 5 min read
A day after the 15-year-old girl who was allegedly set ablaze by miscreants in Puri district, died in AIIMS Delhi, opposition BJD and Congress on Sunday came down heavily on the BJP government in Odisha and raised questions on the "role" of police which claimed that no one was involved in setting the teenager on fire.
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December 17, 2024, 02:33 PM - 3 min read
All seven Rajya Sabha MPs of the BJD held a press conference on Tuesday and expressed their support to Naven Patnaik and rejected reports of defections in the party that did not win a single Lok Sabha seat this time. Asked about the BJD's stand on the 'One Nation, One Election' bills, Patra said party chief Naveen Patnaik is "seized of the matter".
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June 28, 2024, 08:44 PM - 2 min read
As the INDIA bloc parties gave notices demanding a discussion on the NEET issue, the BJD MPs also joined the protest and trooped in the Well of the House.
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May 6, 2024, 01:42 PM - 2 min read
"The BJP will form a double-engine government here after elections. The expiry date of the BJD government is June 4, 2024," PM Modi said at the Berhampur rally.
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April 17, 2024, 04:12 PM - 2 min read
The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has recently released its fifth list of candidates for the upcoming Odisha Assembly elections in 2024. The announcement included a significant development with Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik set to contest from the Kantabanji seat, in addition to his traditional Hinjili seat. This decision underscores the importance the BJD places on Kantabanji for this election cycle.
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April 12, 2024, 09:06 AM - 2 min read
Samantsinghar, a former vice president of the Odisha unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) who recently joined the BJD, becomes the seventh woman candidate nominated for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
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April 9, 2024, 02:20 PM - 2 min read
Bhrugu Baxipatra & Pradeep Panigrahy belonged to their opponent’s party before changing turfs.
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March 30, 2024, 12:46 PM - 2 min read
General Secretary of BJD Pranab Prakash Das will contest against Union Education Minister and BJP’s face from Odisha Dharmendra Pradhan in Lok Sabha polls.
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March 28, 2024, 08:07 PM - 2 min read
Along with MP Bhartruhari Mahtab, former BJD MP Sidhant Mohapatra and noted Santhali language litterateur Damayanti Beshra, who was conferred the Padma Shri in 2020, also joined the BJP in the presence of Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, party national vice president Baijayant Jay Panda, party’s Odisha unit president Manmohan Samal and other senior leaders.
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March 16, 2024, 07:41 PM - 2 min read
Despite challenges from its former ally, the BJP, which has expanded its influence, and the Congress, which is currently in third place, the BJD remains the dominant force.
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March 8, 2024, 07:58 PM - 2 min read
While the BJD sought to contest from over 100 seats in the 147-member Odisha Assembly, it is not acceptable to the BJP, sources in the saffron camp claimed.
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