New Delhi [India], Mar 13 (ANI): BJD's Rajya Sabha MP Sasmit Patra has urged the Central government to rejig its geopolitical approach in Afghanistan in the aftermath of the recently negotiated peace deal between the United States and the Taliban which he described as geopolitical disadvanta
New Delhi [India], Feb 5 (ANI): BJD MP Sasmit Patra has demanded the implementation of Odisha State Cabinet Resolution for simultaneous enumeration of Socially, Economically Backward Classes and Other backward Classes or Castes in Census 2021.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 26 (ANI): Rajya Sabha MP Sasmit Patra has been appointed as the chief whip of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in the Upper House by the BJD chief and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday.
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MP Sasmit Patra on Wednesday raised the demand of 'special focus status' for Odisha in the Rajya Sabha, given the state's vulnerability to natural calamities.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Jun 28 (ANI): Biju Janata Dal's (BJD) Rajya Sabha candidates Amar Patnaik and Sasmit Patra have been elected to the Upper House from Odisha.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], June 21 (ANI): The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday announced the names of Amar Patnaik and Sasmit Patra as Party's Rajya Sabha candidates while extending support to BJP candidate Ashwani Baishnab.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 19 (ANI): BJD spokesperson Sasmit Patra on Sunday said that the Exit Polls would prove wrong and BJD would play a prominent role in the formation of government at the Centre.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Apr 03 (ANI): BJD has approached the Election Commission of India (ECI) alleging that the Prime Minister's speech is being made available on mobile phones, which amounts to the violation of the poll commission's Model Code of Conduct.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Feb 22 (ANI): BJD spokesperson Sasmit Patra on Thursday said Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had the support of farmers of the state as seen by the large turnout at the launch of the second phase of the state's flagship programme KALIA.