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BJD MP Sasmit Patra accuses Centre of "neglecting" Odisha in Union Budget
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
"I stand here today not just as a representative of Odisha but as the voice of a state that has been abandoned by this Union Budget! This is not just neglect - this is an affront to four and a half crore people of Odisha," Patra said while speaking in Rajya Sabha.
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"Double engine government in Odisha has betrayed the people twice:" BJD MP
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Speaking to ANI, Patra said "There is nothing special in the budget in the context of Odisha. The double-engine government in Odisha has given a double betrayal to the people of the state. Many states are being given a lot of airports..."
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"I think the economy is slowing down": BJD leader highlights pressures for
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
BJD leader Amar Patnaik comments on the challenges faced by the Union Budget 2025, pointing out the global economic stresses, protectionist policies, and critical domestic issues like price rise, unemployment, and consumption expenditure.
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BJD MP Sasmit Patra critiques President's address, calls it 'propaganda st
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
BJD MP Sasmit Patra slams the President's Speech, accusing her of focusing on government's achievements while ignoring key issues like special category status for Odisha.
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BJP backtracking from its promise for special category status for Odisha,
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Sasmit Patra on Thursday accused the BJP-led government at the Centre of not fulfilling the demand for special category status for Odisha, saying the ruling party at the Centre had made this promise it in its 2014 election manifesto.
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BJD dissolves its frontal organisation ahead of the organisational electio
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Biju Janata Dal on Sunday dissolved all its state level frontal organisations ahead of the organisational election of the party, as per an official order of BJD chief Naveen Patnaik.
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Odisha: BJD appoints MLA Pratap Keshari Deb as Returning Officer for organ
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
"The party elections will be done in 4 phases after the polls. First at the grassroot level, then the block level, district level and then the state level. For that an election schedule will be prepared and election conducting and monitoring officers will be appointed then the process wil
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Odisha Ex-minister Naba Das Murder case: Congress supports daughter's dema
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Senior Congress leader Santosh Singh Saluja has expressed his support for a CBI probe into the death of late Ex-Minister Naba Das after the slain minister's daughter Deepali Das raised the demand two days ago. Saluja stated that during the previous BJD government's tenure, when a judicial
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'Because of their personal interest': Odisha CM Majhi lambasts BJD after s
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
The remark came a day after the Odisha government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Centre for the implementation of the national health insurance scheme in the state.
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Odisha: BJD organizes a massive protest in Bhubaneswar against the state g
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Biju Janata Dal (BJD) staged a massive protest in Bhubaneswar on Monday, led by party president Naveen Patnaik, against the BJP government in Odisha over rising prices of essential commodities.
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"I have no idea why": Naveen Patnaik on Giriraj Singh's demand for Bharat
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
BJD chief and former Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik expressed surprise at Union Minister Giriraj Singh's proposal to award him the Bharat Ratna, saying "I have no idea why".
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"It's a welcome statement": BJD leader on Giriraj Singh's demand of Bharat
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Wednesday said that Bharat Ratna should be given to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and former Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik.
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