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Tathagata Satpathy: A maverick moves onLast week, Tathagata Satpathy, a four-time MP from Dhenkanal, announced that he was forsaking politics.
BJD's Tathagata Satpathy quits active politicsThe 62-year-old Satpathy, who was the BJD’s chief whip during the 16th Lok Sabha, said he’d convey his decision to his Chief Minister Navee...
Budget discussion begins in Lok Sabha amid dinThe Lok Sabha Friday took up the discussion on the Interim Budget amid din as members of several opposition parties raised slogans against ...
Lok Sabha passes Companies (Amendment) BillThe bill was passed with a voice vote with amendments moved by the Minister of State for Corporate Affairs P P Chaudhary.
Centre should suo moto roll back its decision to mandate Aadhaar: Tathagata Satpathy"It is also my duty as an elected representative of people to make sure my people aren’t hassled unnecessarily," he says.
BJD MP Tathagata Satpathy's reference to colleague as "chor" ruffles feathersThe outspoken MP, often described by his colleagues as "a maverick”, was busy with public meetings in his constituency and could not be rea...
Naveen Patnaik removes lal batti; his MP says 'tokenism'"This will save tax payers' millions. Couldn't care less if all cars carry beacons,” said the MP from Odisha’s Dhenkanal constituency in tw...
BJD chief whip Tathagata Satpathy accuses BJP of trying to split partyReacting to the development, Odisha BJP leader Suresh Pujari said, “Apprehending with imminent loss in 2019, the BJD is beginning to crumbl...
BJP trying to break BJD says MP Tathagata Satpathy“BJP is hard at work to divide BJD in Parliament, maybe even in assembly. They want AIADMK type split. They want to take away BJD’s party n...
President's Rule regressive, undemocratic: Regional partiesRegional parties, including TMC, BJD and Akali Dal, today opposed the practice of invoking Article 356 to impose President's Rule in states.
BJD MP hits out at government for revoking Chinese dissident's visaBJD member Tathagata Satpathy said there was no difference between the UPA government and the NDA dispensation as both toed the US line.
BJP, Congress won't form govt in 2019; future of regional parties bright: Tathagata SatpathyHe said the assembly elections in five states and Union territories scheduled in the next two months is a "litmus test" for regionalisation...
BJD member Tathagata Satpathy accuses government of favouring mega corporatesAccusing government of favouring mega corporates, Satpathy alleged that an "agent" of Adani Group has been placed in the Paradip Port Trust.
Lok Sabha members disapprove Supreme Court's scrapping of NJAC lawMembers in Lok Sabha today came out strongly against the scrapping of National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) Act by the Supreme C...
Parties pay salutations to Constitution, 'growing intolerance' ringtone of the debateHome minister Rajnath Singh asserted the NDA regime was committed to the Constitution and said every Indian will enjoy equal rights.
BJD parliamentarians question Supreme Court decision on NJACBJD MPs have expressed their disappointment with the SC decision to strike down the legislation to establish the NJAC for appointment of ju...
Combative opposition stalls Rajya Sabha proceedings, walks out of Lok SabhaSuspension of 25 Congress members from Lok Sabha brought together several opposition parties who boycotted the Lower House and paralysed th...
Suspension of 25 Congress members echoes in Lok SabhaTathagata Satpathy raised the matter at the fag end of his submission on the situation caused in parts of Odisha due to severe floods.
Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik writes to TRAI; wants regulator, government to protect net neutralityEarlier this month, Tathagata Satpathy, an MP of Patnaik's Biju Janata Dal, had written to the TRAI chairman in support of net neutrality.
BJP MP Shobha Karandlaje demands removal of ban on non-iodised saltShobha Karandlaje said that intake of only iodised salt creates imbalance in human body as everyone does not have an iodine deficiency.