As many of the BJP ruled states are following the two Deputy Chief Minister formula, Odisha Deputy CM-designate Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo praised the formula and said it's not new and said it will help in focusing and also increases the productivity.
Nationalist Congress Party leader Praful Patel said on Sunday that accepting the position of Minister of State (MoS) with independent charge in the Union Cabinet will be considered a demotion for him, as he was earlier a Cabinet Minister in the UPA Government headed by former Prime Minist
As National Democratic Alliance (NDA)-led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to hold a meeting of its newly elected MPs at the central hall of the Parliament on Friday, Odisha BJP state president Manmohan Samal confirmed that 20 Lok Sabha MPs and 1 Rajya Sabha MP will attend the meet
After BJP won 20 Lok Sabha seats and the 78 Legislative Assembly seats in Odisha, state BJP President Manmohan Samal said that the people of Odisha have rejected the corrupt BJD government.
"...INDIA alliance is winning more than 295 seats...there is no truth in exit polls...In Jharkhand also our situation is good. We will win more than 10 seats in Jharkhand," Soren said speaking to reporters on Sunday.
The bench of Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora after hearing the initial submissions, termed the plea as 'publicity interstate litigation' and refused to entertain the plea.
"India is standing at a crucial juncture. In the impending last phase of voting, we have one final chance to ensure that Democracy and our Constitution are protected from the repeated assaults of a despotic regime, trying to unleash dictatorship in India," Manmohan Singh said.
Former prime minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday lashed at the BJP-led NDA regime at the Centre calling it a "despotic regime trying to unleash dictatorship in India".
Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh on Thursday claimed that the Modi government waived bank loans worth Rs 16 lakh crore of its "crony capitalist friends" but not of farmers.
Aparajita along with state BJP president Manmohan Samal, BJP national vice-president Baijayant Panda, Sambalpur LS candidate Dharmendra Pradhan and Balasore MP candidate Pratap Sarangi were part of the roadshow in Balasore on Saturday.