Union Minister Amit Shah thanked the people of Odisha after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) registered a historic win in the state stopping the over two-decade juggernaut of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
After official trends by ECI showed that BJP is leading on 77 seats in the Odisha Assembly elections and 19 Lok Sabha seats, Odisha BJP vice-president Golak Mohapatra said that people of Odisha were fed up with current Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and have decided to move ahead with Prime Minist
Voting in Odisha concluded on June 1 with simultaneous polling for 146 Assembly constituencies and 21 Lok Sabha seats. In the last Assembly elections in 2019 in Odisha BJD won 112 seats followed by BJP in 23 seats and Congress winning nine seats.
Notably, the exit polls on Sunday predicted that the state is going to witness a neck-and-neck fight with the two-decade rule of Naveen Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal facing a stiff challenge from BJP.
After predicting a landslide win for the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Lok Sabha polls in Odisha, the exit polls on Sunday predicted that the state is going to witness a neck-and-neck fight with the two-decade rule of Naveen Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal facing a stiff challenge from BJP.
The exit polls on Saturday predicted that the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is expected to double its tally in Odisha in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Odisha Congress on Friday expelled its Publicity Committee Chairman Sanjay Tripathi from the party for six years over "indiscipline and anti-party activities."
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said that BJD leader VK Pandian already has a firm "backdoor entry" in running Odisha and posed several questions including whether Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik physically signs any file or Pandian uses CM's digital signature.
"We will get 45 per cent vote share in Lok Sabha and I can say with full responsibility, that we will win 21 out of 21 seats in Odisha. We will also get a majority (in assembly) and we will get the opportunity to serve the state," Naveen Patnaik said.
Countering the allegations made by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi that Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is working for the Bharatiya Janata Party, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that it is the Congress which is in the "pockets of Odisha CM" adding that Wayanad MP is suffering fr
Though the ongoing election campaign in Odisha has seen the acrimonious exchange of words between the leaders of BJP and Biju Janata Dal (BJD, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday did not shut the door closed for his party extending support to the BJP if required after the election.
Dismissing allegations made by BJP leaders of Naveen Patnaik's close aide, VK Pandian "controlling the state", Odisha CM said that these are just ridiculous and hold no significance.