After the Odisha Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) demanded to arrest YouTuber Kamiya Jani and BJD leader VK Pandian, BJD MP Manas Mangaraj questioned Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the "unnecessary" hullabaloo.
"It has come to light that BJD leader VK Pandian along with YouTuber Kamiya Jani made a video on tasting of 'Mahaprasad' at Puri Jagannath temple. Earlier, Kamiya Jani posted a video eating beef. Beef-eaters are strictly not allowed inside Jagannath temple," the BJP leader said.
Senior Biju Janta Dal leader Pramila Mallik was elected the new speaker of the Odisha Legislative Assembly unopposed on Friday. She became the first Women Speaker of the State.
Biju Janta Dal (BJD) party leader Pramila Mallik on Thursday filed her nomination for the Odisha Assembly Speaker and thanked Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
"This is the beginning of a new era in the new parliament building and in this era the participation of women must increase. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik also for many years had been requesting to the Central government to table the long-pending Women Reservation Bill," said Misra.
New Delhi [India], June 29 (ANI): Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader and Rajya Sabha MP from Odisha Prasanna Acharya on Wednesday condemned the incident of Udaipur and said that nobody should try to do politics over such an incident, adding that prime duty of the state government is to control
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], June 23 (ANI): Two leaders of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) have signed the nomination papers of presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu on Thursday.
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday released the schedule for the by-election to the Council of States from Odisha.
Raigarh (Chhattisgarh) [India], April 3 (ANI): The Raigarh Sessions Court on Saturday sentenced Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MLA Anup Kumar Sai to life imprisonment in connection with the 2016 double murder case of a woman and her 14-year-old daughter.
New Delhi [India], November 26 (ANI): Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Rajya Sabha MP Prasanna Acharya on Friday slammed the opposition parties for boycotting the Constitution Day function being held in the Central Hall of Parliament today.