Naveen Patnaik’s election as the president of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) for the ninth time offers a reading of the problems nagging the party for some time now. That Patnaik, at 78, remains the ...

BHUBANESWAR: The Congress came down heavily on the BJD for changing its decision to oppose the the Waqf Bill and go for conscience vote which it said was indirect support to the NDA government.

Waqf Amendment Bill: All doesn't seem well within the opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) headed by former chief minister Naveen Patnaik as senior leaders of the regional outfit voiced their ...

Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) chief Naveen Patnaik was unanimously re-elected party president for a record ninth consecutive term, marking his continued leadership in the regional party.

Photograph: Shrikant Singh/ANI Photo Patra, also the leader of the BJD in Rajya Sabha, is in the eye of the storm after revealing that he had voted in favour of the contentious Bill. After the BJD ...

Photograph: ANI Photo BJD's organisational election returning officer P K Deb announced 78-year-old Patnaik as the party president at the state council meeting held at its state headquarters ...

Former Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik was unanimously re-elected as Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president for the ninth time in a row on Saturday Bhubaneswar: Former Odisha chief minister Naveen ...

Former Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, who was chosen as the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president for the ninth time in a row, on Saturday (April 19, 2025) called upon party workers to expose the ...

The Biju Janata Dal's (BJD) organisational elections are nearing completion, with the party set to enter the final phase of its six-stage process, senior leader Pratap Keshari Deb said on Wednesday.

Bhubaneswar: BJD supremo and former chief minister Naveen Patnaik is poised to extend his leadership of the regional party for the ninth consecutive term as he filed his nomination papers for the ...

As many as 19 people, including 16 policemen, were injured in stone-pelting by the agitators. A BJD delegation submitted a memorandum to the NCST, through its regional office in Bhubaneswar ...