BJD Vice President Debi Prasad Mishra expressed disappointment against Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi for not raising the demand for special category status for the state in the NITI Aayog meeting that was held on Saturday (July 27).
Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi inaugurated an exclusive Boyanika Outlet in the presence of Deputy CMs KV Singh Deo and Pravati Parida at Biju Patnaik International Airport, Bhubaneswar.
Newly-appointed Bihar BJP chief Dilip Jaiswal has said that he has started work to fulfil the new responsibility given to him and the ruling NDA alliance in the state will start preparing under leadership of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the assembly pol
In a bid to alleviate the suffering of the common people in Odisha, former Chief Minister and current Leader of Opposition, Naveen Patnaik, has reached out to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, urging her to facilitate the smooth supply of potatoes to Odisha.
Biju Janata Dal leader Saurabh Srivastava on Thursday thanked former Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik after the BJD chief informed that he would continue as the media coordinator of the party.
Launching a scathing attack against Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi-led Odisha government over the state budget 2024-25 presented on Thursday, BJD MLA Pratap Dev said that there is nothing new in the budget.
A few workers of the Indian Youth Congress were arrested after a protest against Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar outside the Bihar Legislative Council on Wednesday turned violent and the workers attacked the police with sticks and PVC pipes, SDM Patna said.
"BJP had put special category status in their manifesto as a promise to the people of Odisha. However, this promise had not been considered for Odisha whereas special packages allocating crores of funds have been announced for Andhra Pradesh and Bihar," Patnaik said.
After Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made major announcements for Bihar, Deputy CM Vijay Kumar Sinha praised centers decision and called it a big step for the development of Bihar.
"Farmers' fertilisers and seeds should be made cheaper, and inflation should be stopped. The costs of petrol and diesel are high and farmers don't even get electricity. Rs 26,000 crore allotted to Bihar is a 'jhunjhuna," said the RJD leader.