Bhubaneswar: Amid a crisis in BJD over Waqf Bill voting, party president Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday came out in support of V K Pandian and strongly denied his role in any party affairs.

Bhubaneswar: Amid rising discord within the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) over the party’s divided stance on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, party supremo and former Odisha Chief Minister Naveen ...

The divide in BJD over voting in Rajya Sabha on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025 in the just concluded budget session of Parliament is a strong indicator and a precursor to the break-up of the party in ...

The rift in the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) is continuing to play out in the open despite instructions from party president and former Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik that BJD leaders refrain from ...

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 ...

The discord is ill-timed for a party trying to rebuild after losing power in Odisha, with a damaging perception of powers at work from behind the scenes Listen to Story BJD MP Khan criticises party's ...

Pandian, who was in the line of fire after humiliating poll debacle of the BJD in Odisha, announced his retirement from active politics in June last year. Pandian had joined the BJD on 28 November ...

The BJD faces turmoil over its Waqf Bill vote, sparking internal conflicts and speculation about a split. Senior party leaders met in Bhubaneswar, while Naveen Patnaik's silence on the issue ...

Five years after his entry into politics, in 2002, Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president and then Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik faced his first major challenge within his party as six of its 10 Lok ...

The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) is facing internal unrest after unexpectedly supporting the ‘Waqf Amendment Bill, 2025’ in the Rajya Sabha. The move has triggered discontent among the minority ...

Responding to the internal unrest, Patnaik on Monday assured that the BJD has always stood by minority communities and will continue to do so. His statement came after BJD Rajya Sabha MP Munna Khan ...

People of the country will get benefit on that", he told ANI on Sunday. Sujeet Kumar further questioned BJD's approach towards the Waqf (Amendment) Act and stated that they are 'confused'.