Biju Janta Dal accused BJP of doing politics over the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana and claimed that the farmers' insurance money was released only after pressure from the farmers and continuous follow-up by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
Earlier on Saturday, Bharatiya Janata Party decided to field Pradip Purohit as its candidate for Padampur seat located in Bargarh district and Congress announced Satya Bhusan Sahu's name as its candidate.
According to Election Commission, with 80,351 votes, Suraj got 49.09 per cent of the total votes. Biju Janata Dal (BJD) candidate Abanti Das came second with 43.05 per cent of the votes.
Bharatiya Janata Party is in a fierce contest with regional parties such as the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), the Samajwadi Party (SP), and the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in the Assembly bypolls in seven constituencies spread across six states.
Bharatiya Janata Party is in a fierce contest with regional parties such as the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), the Samajwadi Party (SP), and the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in the Assembly bypolls in seven constituencies spread across six states.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], October 13 (ANI): The Biju Janta Dal announced its candidate for the upcoming by-election in the Dhamnagar assembly constituency on Wednesday. Party president Naveen Patnaik nominated Abanti Das, block chairman Tihidi as its candidate.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], September 2 (ANI): Odisha Chief Minister and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) President Naveen Patnaik launched the party's month-long "Jana Sampark Padyatra" on the occasion of 'Gandhi Jayanti' on Sunday from Bhubaneswar.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], September 30 (ANI): Odisha Chief Minister and Biju Janta Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik on Thursday asked the party workers to sensitize the people on various welfare schemes of the State government through party's outreach programme.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], September 27 (ANI): The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Monday announced to launch a month-long "Jan Sampark Padyatra" from October 2 to November 2 across the state.
New Delhi, September 21 (ANI): Odia actor- Biju Janta Dal (BJD) MP Anubhav Mohanty on Wednesday expressed grief over the demise of Comedian Raju Srivastav in All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS), Delhi. He said that whenever we will talk about comedy in India, Raju's name will alwa