The Election Commission announced a bypoll for a Rajya Sabha seat from Odisha on June 18. Debashish Samantaray resigned from the BJD and th...

Former BJD Rajya Sabha MP Debashish Samantaray has joined the BJP in New Delhi. Samantaray, a long-time associate of Naveen Patnaik, resign...

Odisha's Biju Janata Dal faces another blow as senior leader Debashish Samantaray resigns. He cited feeling sidelined within the party. Sam...

BJD Rajya Sabha MP Debashish Samantaray has resigned from the party. He cited systematic belittlement as the reason for his departure. This...

The Biju Janata Dal has petitioned the Odisha Assembly Speaker to disqualify eight of its MLAs. These legislators are accused of anti-party...

The Rajya Sabha on Thursday reconstituted its panel of vice-chairpersons, nominating six members from the BJP, Congress, AIADMK and BJD, wi...

Biju Janata Dal Rajya Sabha MP Sasmit Patra has resigned as the party's floor leader in the Upper House. Party president Naveen Patnaik acc...

BJD president Naveen Patnaik accepted MP Sasmit Patra's resignation as Rajya Sabha parliamentary party leader following the defeat of a sup...

Two Rajya Sabha MPs from the Biju Janata Dal have resigned and joined the BJP, prompting calls for introspection within the party. Despite ...

Former BJD Rajya Sabha MP Sujeet Kumar has joined the BJP after being expelled from his party for anti-party activities. Kumar resigned fro...

Mamata Mohanta, a BJD leader, resigned from both her party and Rajya Sabha seat, hinting at no longer being needed. Her departure lowered B...

BJD president Naveen Patnaik urged his party's nine Rajya Sabha MPs to be a robust opposition in the upcoming Parliament session starting o...

Outside the NDA fold, BJD has emerged as BJP’s most prominent ally. In June, Patnaik surprised everyone by backing BJP’s Rajya Sabha candid...

Vaishnav, who was private secretary to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, joined the BJP in the presence of the party's Odisha uni...

Though Singhdeo was interested for renomination as a BJD candidate for the by-election, Patnaik named Mohanty as the party's RS candidate.

Suspended BJD MP Pyari Mohan Mohapatra today resigned as the party's parliamentary group leader in Rajya Sabha.

In the midst of the Prez race hotting up following TMC-SP move, BJD said it stuck to its support for Sangma as the candidate for the top po...