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 ...

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The fissures within the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) have deepened, with seven former MLAs urging introspection over the party’s decision to leave the voting on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 ...

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 ...

BJD has been repeatedly demanding countrywide caste census and removal of 50% cap on reservation.” “In Odisha, we also took certain concrete steps in 2023 to enumerate the number of people ...

Bhubaneswar: The row within the BJD refuses to die down with senior MLA Ranendra Pratap Swain alleging that the party was being "hijacked" by a few individuals and urged BJD president Naveen ...

Bhubaneswar: In a landmark decision on April 30, the Narendra Modi-led central government resolved to conduct a caste-based census in India — a long-pending demand from parties like the Indian ...

Bhubaneswar: BJD will complete its organisational election by the end of April, party's state election officer and senior member Pratap Keshari Deb said here on Monday. "Out of the six phases of ...

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.

The Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Odisha assembly, Naveen Patnaik, on Thursday filed his nomination papers for the post of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president for the ninth time. Patnaik filed his ...