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"Pandian not my successor... people of Odisha will decide on this": Naveen
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Days after the results of the Odisha assembly polls, state outgoing Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday said that Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader VK Pandian is not his "successor" and pointed out that the people of the state would decide on this.
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Naveen Patnaik reviews election defeat, instructs party workers to work fo
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Biju Janata Dal's President Naveen Patnaik reviewed the election defeat in Odisha and instructed party leaders to keep in touch with the people and work towards the betterment of the state.
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"Poverty rate in Odisha declined from 70 to 10 per cent under BJD rule": F
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
While speaking at a meeting with the newly-elected MLAs of his party, Patnaik said, "When I first became the CM, 70 per cent of the people of Odisha were living below the poverty line, which has now been reduced to 10 per cent. Our efforts in the agriculture and irrigation sectors and women'
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"Naveen Patnaik responsible for BJD defeat in Odisha": Independent candida
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
He took a dig at former Odisha CM and said, "Naveen Patnaik has to take responsibility for the defeat of BJD because VK Pandian does not come out of the blue. It was his government, that ran under him, and therefore he should be held accountable."
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People of Odisha fed up with BJD, they have decided to move ahead with PM
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
After official trends by ECI showed that BJP is leading on 77 seats in the Odisha Assembly elections and 19 Lok Sabha seats, Odisha BJP vice-president Golak Mohapatra said that people of Odisha were fed up with current Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and have decided to move ahead with Prime Minist
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"Change has been confirmed in Odisha": Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Notably, the exit polls on Sunday predicted that the state is going to witness a neck-and-neck fight with the two-decade rule of Naveen Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal facing a stiff challenge from BJP.
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Exit polls predict neck-and-neck fight between BJD and BJP in Odisha assem
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
After predicting a landslide win for the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Lok Sabha polls in Odisha, the exit polls on Sunday predicted that the state is going to witness a neck-and-neck fight with the two-decade rule of Naveen Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal facing a stiff challenge from BJP. Read More
"We will judge and take appropriate position," Odisha CM on lending suppor
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Though the ongoing election campaign in Odisha has seen the acrimonious exchange of words between the leaders of BJP and Biju Janata Dal (BJD, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday did not shut the door closed for his party extending support to the BJP if required after the election.
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"If he was so concerned...": Naveen Patnaik dismisses PM Modi's remarks ab
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Dismissing the 'concerns' expressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the health of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) supremo said he is in perfect health and has been campaigning in the state for the last one month.
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"VK Pandian is the real CM of Odisha; Patnaik works as a shadow CM," says
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Madhya Pradesh Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Vishwas Sarang launched a scathing attack on Odisha's Chief Minister and BJD leader Naveen Patnaik. Sarang referred to Patnaik as the "shadow" Chief Minister, while describing VK Pandian as the "real" Chief Minister of the state.
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Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan slams 24 years of BJD rule in Odisha, pr
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Pitching for the formation of a "double-engine government" in Odisha, Union Minister and Sambalpur Lok Sabha BJP candidate Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday criticized the incumbent Biju Janata Dal (BJD) for failing to meet basic public needs despite 24 years of its governance in the state.
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"We're sweeping elections with 85 pc votes": BJD leader VK Pandian
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
5T Chairman and BJD leader VK Pandian expressed his confidence in the Biju Janata Dal and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, securing a majority with 85 per cent of the votes, leading to a stable government in the state.
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