After the Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day over the NEET issue, BJD MP Dr Sasmit Patra on Friday said that demand for discussion on NEET was rightfully raised by the Members of Parliament, adding that it was unfortunately not allowed in either house.
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.
Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections and Odisha Assembly polls, former BJP vice-president Lekhasri Samantsinghar joined Biju Janata Dal (BJD) at the party office in Bhubaneswar on Sunday.
He said, "The youth of the world are not untouched by what is happening across the world. As spoken by Prime Minister of Bharat in his address at the P-20 forum as part of the G-20 in New Delhi a few days back. A divided world cannot provide solutions to the major challenges faced by huma
The Bill was passed following division with 454 members voting in favour of the legislation and two against it on the motion for the passage moved by Meghwal. The amendments moved by opposition members were negatived and there was also voting on clauses of the bill.
Biju Janata Dal MP Sasmit Patra on Tuesday said that the party will support the government on the bill to replace the ordinance for control of services in Delhi
"I write to you, expressing my worry, and more importantly, the distress of the citizens of Odisha, regarding the recent decision of the Odisha Government to shift the social security pension for old age and divyangjans to cash, rather than maintaining the existing Direct Benefit Transfer (D
BJD national spokesperson and party MP Sasmit Patra said that the party believes that the Constitutional institutions including the President and Parliament should be above any issue that may affect their sanctity and honour.
"India provided more than 291 million doses of Make-In-India COVID vaccines to 99 countries and to United Nations entities, including more than14 a million doses of COVID vaccines as a grant to 50 countries and United Nations peacekeepers totalling support to 150 countries," said Patra.
Rajya Sabha MP Sasmit Patra, in his speech, said: "It is unfortunate that Pakistan has chosen once again to misuse the august platform by mentioning in their statement about Jammu and Kashmir which is an integral part of India. This mentioning is completely unacceptable."
The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Tuesday alleged that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been attempting to destroy the peaceful atmosphere in Odisha by importing its electoral violence tactics from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.