Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Congress has asked Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik to take action against his ...

Rebel BJD leaders allege Patnaik’s former Man Friday is operating in the backroom with BJP, and cite the Waqf vote as an example.

As the buzz and discussions around congregation and resentment against VK Pandian within the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) continue to dominate the political discourse in Odisha, several senior party leaders ...

On Wednesday, Naveen had said: “I also want to state it clearly, Pravat Tripathy, the ex-MLA, was expelled from the Biju Janata Dal some years ago ... meeting addressed by Naveen Patnaik and V. K.

Naveen Patnaik said the allegations against Pandian were “baseless and exaggerated” and that Pandian continued to be a figure of “integrity and dedication”. BHUBANESWAR: Former Odisha ...

Naveen said that the party got the opportunity to serve the people from 2000 to 2024, and it was a golden period for Odisha ...

He said a faction of Naveen and his close associate VK Pandian may merge with BJP leaving others. Former OPCC president Prasad Harichandan said BJD leadership should clarify its stand. BJP MLA ...

Sujata Karthikeyan's husband, a bureaucrat-turned-politican VK Pandian, had also taken voluntary retirement in October 2023 before joining the Biju Janata Dal. Senior Odisha cadre IAS officer ...

Bhubaneswar: Amid escalating tension in the party since the Waqf vote episode, senior leaders of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) have ...

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.

Since BJD's 2024 defeat in the state & LS elections, leaders have been questioning Patnaik over VK Pandian's role, party's ...