Odisha: Sasmit Patra resigns as leader of BJD parliamentary party in Rajya SabhaBJD president Naveen Patnaik accepted MP Sasmit Patra's resignation as Rajya Sabha parliamentary party leader following the defeat of a sup...
09 Apr, 2026, 02.34 PM IST
BJD's shift on Waqf Bill vote sparks internal rift, party leaders question change of stanceThe BJD's decision to let MPs vote on their conscience regarding the waqf bill has sparked internal conflict. Senior leaders are questionin...
07 Apr, 2025, 12.18 AM IST
Senior BJD leader calls for introspection in party after 2 party MPs quit party to join BJPTwo Rajya Sabha MPs from the Biju Janata Dal have resigned and joined the BJP, prompting calls for introspection within the party. Despite ...
08 Sep, 2024, 12.31 PM IST
New Odisha Chief Minister: Preparations for swearing-in ceremony in full swingNDA leaders including Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi, Minister Amit Shah, and others are likely to attend the event. After sufferin...
08 Jun, 2024, 12.02 PM IST
Former BJD founding member, Bhartruhari Mahtab, joins BJP; May contest poll from CuttackBhartruhari Mahtab, a six-time Cuttack Lok Sabha MP and founding member of BJD, joins BJP ahead of elections, signaling a significant polit...
28 Mar, 2024, 03.48 PM IST
After claiming BJP will go solo in polls, Odisha BJP chief Manmohan Samal retracts statement, rushes back to DelhiHours after claiming that the BJP will fight the upcoming elections for Lok Sabha and Odisha alone, Odisha BJP president Manmohan Samal on ...
14 Mar, 2024, 08.30 PM IST
Pinaki Misra named BJD parliamentary party leaderPinaki Misra won the Puri Lok Sabha seat for the straight third time, defeating BJP’s Sambit Patra.
03 Jun, 2019, 07.20 AM IST
BJD to support Gopalkrishna Gandhi in vice-presidential election: Naveen PatnaikBJD parliamentary party spokesman Kalikesh Singhdeo said, "Patnaik has proved that the BJD has been maintaining equal distance from the Con...
18 Jul, 2017, 01.04 PM IST
Naveen Patnaik maintains no discord in BJD parliamentary party, denies BJP's talks of splitting partyPatnaik also chose to keep the NDA guessing about his party’s stand on the upcoming presidential elections. Patnaik dropped by at Delhi's P...
11 Apr, 2017, 01.48 AM IST
Naveen Patnaik asks BJD MPs to play role of opposition in ParliamentTo a question, Patnaik said there is no difference in BJD's Parliamentary party on opposition to the Centre.
07 Mar, 2015, 04.51 PM IST
TMC, BJD and AIADMK could coalesce to form a numerically respectable oppositionSeveral parties like the Trinamool Congress, BJD and AIADMK, which together account for 91 MPs in the Lok Sabha, could co-ordinate with eac...
09 Jun, 2014, 06.48 AM IST
BJD to adopt positive approach towards new governmentThe decision was taken at a BJD parliamentary party meeting presided over by party president Naveen Patnaik.
24 May, 2014, 03.06 PM IST
Exit polls: Naveen Patnaik's BJD to reign supreme in OdishaWhile BJD is expected to come back to power for a fourth term, there has been considerable speculation on how comfortable the margin will b...
13 May, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Assembly & parliamentary polls: Blue blood in Odisha poll frayScions of erstwhile princely states in Odisha have made their place in the state's politics and 14 of them are in the election fray.
27 Mar, 2014, 12.26 PM IST
BJD may not re-nominate all sitting legislatorsRuling BJD, today indicated that it may not re-nominate all sitting legislators for the Assembly and Parliamentary elections.
11 Mar, 2014, 06.20 PM IST
- BJD sticks to PA Sangma as Presidential candidate
"Having proposed Sangma's name as the Presidential candidate, the BJD is whole-heartedly supporting the prominent tribal leader" BJD leader...
17 Jun, 2012, 09.28 PM IST
- BJD sticks to stand, to back PA Sangma as President candidate
The BJD supremo was the first to moot the name of Sangma for the presidential poll. Sangma later received support from AIADMK president.
16 Jun, 2012, 04.17 PM IST