5T Chairman and BJD leader VK Pandian expressed his confidence in the Biju Janata Dal and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, securing a majority with 85 per cent of the votes, leading to a stable government in the state.
The Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha has sought action taken report from Angul DEO and Collector within 24 hours regarding BJD Chhendipada MLA and candidate, Sushant Kumar Behera.
The Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Prashant Jagdev, who was arrested by the Odisha Police on Sunday, had allegedly entered the polling booth and misbehaved with the presiding and polling officers, an official said.
Union Minister and BJP candidate for the Sambalpur Lok Sabha seat, Dharmendra Pradhan, conducted a roadshow in Odisha's Baripada on Sunday despite the rainy weather.
Lashing out at the Bharatiya Janata Party, following the arrest of BJP MLA Prashant Jagdev, BJD leader Sasmit Patra on Sunday said that such people are the poster boys of BJP in Odisha.
The hot topics in Odisha politics are alleged corruption in 5T and Jagannath Heritage Corridor Project, non-Odia origin of BJD leader VK Pandian, but it seems the people in President Droupadi Murmu's native village Uperbeda would vote on local issues, such as the inadequate livelihood opp
According to the poll body, West Bengal recorded the highest voter turnout (79.47 per cent) followed by Odisha (69.56 per cent), Jharkhand (63.76 per cent), Haryana (60.4 per cent), Delhi (57.67 per cent), Bihar (55.24 per cent), Jammu and Kashmir (54.30 per cent) and Uttar Pradesh (54.03 pe
The sixth phase of the Lok Sabha elections for 58 parliamentary constituencies saw a cumulative voter turnout of 57.7 per cent till 5 pm, as per the data shared by the Election Commission on Saturday.
The sixth phase of the Lok Sabha elections for 58 parliamentary constituencies saw a cumulative voter turnout of 49.2 per cent till 3 pm, as per the data shared by the Election Commission on Saturday.
Senior advocate and Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Saturday claimed that from the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha election onwards, the BJP has faced setbacks and people have started talking not about Ram temple but about issues like inflation and unemployment.
Other states where polling is underway in the sixth phase are Bihar- 36.48 per cent, Haryana--36.48 per cent, Jammu and Kashmir--35.22 per cent, Jharkhand--42.54 per cent, National Capital Territory of Delhi--34.37 per cent, Odisha--35.69 per cent and Uttar Pradesh--37.23 per cent.
Apart from all seven seats in Delhi, voting is underway in eight constituencies in Bihar, all 10 in Haryana, one in Jammu and Kashmir, four in Jharkhand, six in Odisha, 14 in Uttar Pradesh, and eight seats in West Bengal. A total of 889 candidates are in the fray.