Taking to the social media platform X, he said, "Best wishes and congratulations to the people of Amer Raiz on the occasion of 'Numyankhai', the great agricultural festival of Amer Raiz. I pray to Lord Srijagannath for good health, happiness, prosperity and progress on the auspicious occasio
After Biju Janata Dal (BJD) expelled its Rajya Sabha MP, Sujeet Kumar, he jumped ship to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday in the presence of Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and other party leaders in Delhi.
Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan welcomed the Supreme Court's observation on the rape and murder of trainee doctor in Kolkata and said that the top court's comments "exposed" the working of the West Bengal government.
As the Bharatiya Janata Party registered a landslide victory in Odisha in the Lok Sabha election and secured a majority in the State Assembly, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Wednesday that people in the state instilled their faith in Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Notably, the exit polls on Sunday predicted that the state is going to witness a neck-and-neck fight with the two-decade rule of Naveen Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal facing a stiff challenge from BJP.
Countering the allegations made by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi that Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is working for the Bharatiya Janata Party, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that it is the Congress which is in the "pockets of Odisha CM" adding that Wayanad MP is suffering fr