Mahtab, who has represented the Cuttack Lok Sabha constituency for six consecutive terms, stated, "I have sent my resignation letter to BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at 4 pm today."
Talking up the BJP's prospects in the upcoming Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in the state, party MLA Suryabanshi Suraj on Thursday said it will fare much better that how it is being projected in opinion polls.
Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MP and spokesperson Amar Patnaik on Wednesday said that his party is always prepared to face elections and people of Odisha will repose their faith in Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for the sixth time.
In what is seen as a big blow to Odisha Congress ahead of the ensuing elections, sitting MLA from Khariar constituency in Nuapada district, Adhiraj Mohan Panigrahi, who quit the party a day before, joined the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Wednesday.
The Assembly polls in Odisha will be held in four phases which are May 13, May 20, May 25 and June 1. The results for all four states will be announced on June 4.
Odisha Minister and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Pratap Keshari Deb said on Saturday that a high-level meeting of the BJD party was held yesterday under the chairmanship of party president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
In a blow to the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) days ahead of the simultaneous Lok Sabha and assembly elections in the state, popular Odia actor-turned-politician Arindam Roy joined the BJP on Friday.
BJP National Vice President M Chuba Ao criticized the BJD administration in Odisha for falsely claiming credit for central government schemes and misleading the people of Odisha by presenting them as initiatives of the state government.
The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik held a meeting with senior leaders and district observers on poll preparations and strategies. "Patnaik gave certain suggestions to the party observers who presented reports of the ground situation," he sa
Chairman 5T and Nabin Odisha VK Pandian on Sunday visited Cuttack to review the ongoing development works at SCB Medical College and Hospital( SCB MCH) which is being transformed into an AIIMS plus institution with state of the art facilities.
Amidst speculations over the BJP-BJD alliance for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, Lata Usendi, the co-incharge of the Odisha BJP, reiterated on Sunday that the BJP will contest in all 147 assembly seats in the upcoming