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Budget ignores Odisha's key demands, no special category status or coal ro
Updated : 1 month ago IST
BJD MP Sasmit Patra on Monday termed the Union Budget 2026 disappointing for Odisha, saying the state's key demands were ignored.
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RJD MPs protest in Parliament over special status, law and order in Bihar
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Members of Parliament on Monday staged a protest in the premises of Parliament, raising multiple issues related to Bihar, including the demand for special category status, law and order concerns, and the recent death of a NEET aspirant.
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Unemployment, inflation, demand for special category status for Odisha wil
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Winter Session of Parliament will begin on December 1 and will continue till December 19.
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Delhi Metro introduces priority frisking for special category passengers
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), in coordination with the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), has introduced a Priority Frisking initiative at all metro stations to enhance the travel experience for special category passengers.
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BJD MP Sasmit Patra critiques President's address, calls it 'propaganda st
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
BJD MP Sasmit Patra slams the President's Speech, accusing her of focusing on government's achievements while ignoring key issues like special category status for Odisha.
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BJP backtracking from its promise for special category status for Odisha,
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Sasmit Patra on Thursday accused the BJP-led government at the Centre of not fulfilling the demand for special category status for Odisha, saying the ruling party at the Centre had made this promise it in its 2014 election manifesto.
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Will raise Special Category status demand of Odisha: BJD MP Sasmit Patra
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
"We would be raising Special Category status demand of Odisha. The BJP in 2014 in their election manifesto had specified that if they would come to pwower, they would provide the Special Category state status to Odisha, however it hasn't been done. It is a double engine government but des
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BJD MPs to raise special category status for Odisha in Parliament's winter
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MP Sasmit Patra has said that his party MPs will raise the demand for special category status for Odisha in the coming winter session of the parliament which will commence on Monday.
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"Astonished why CM Majhi didn't demand special category status in NITI Aay
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
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).
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Naveen Patnaik slams Union Budget 2024 for 'neglecting Odisha, prioritizin
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
"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.
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Why didn't Lalu Prasad seek Bihar's special status when he was in power: B
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Union Minister and BJP leader Giriraj Singh on Monday questioned why RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav did not pursue Special Category Status for Bihar when he was an ally of Congress and both parties were in power.
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"Special Category status for Bihar is not made out": MoS Finance Pankaj Ch
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
As the BJP's key ally in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), JD (U) demanded a special status category for Bihar, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary, in a written reply, said that special status cannot granted to Bihar as per the Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) report 2012.
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