Odisha: BJD leader Mamata Mohanta resigns from Rajya Sabha membership
India | July 31, 2024 19:54 ISTSources in the BJP said that Mamata Mohanta who resigned from her Rajya Sabha membership is likely to join the party.
Sources in the BJP said that Mamata Mohanta who resigned from her Rajya Sabha membership is likely to join the party.
Biju Janata Dal (BJD) sat in the Opposition in the assembly for the first time in 24 years after losing the state assembly election at the hands of BJP.
Mohan Charan Majhi Cabinet in Odisha: Two Deputy Chief Ministers, 8 Cabinet ministers and 5 Ministers of State (Independent Charge) took oath along with Chief Minister Majhi.
The BJD won 51 seats in a House of 147-member Assembly in Odisha while it failed to win even a single seat in Lok Sabha polls in the state. The BJP won 78 seats in Assembly polls.
Odisha Election Results 2024: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Naveen Patnaik has been the state's Chief Minister since 2000. In the 2019 Assembly polls, the BJD won a massive majority with 113 seats in the House of 147.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal decided not to form any alliance with any party, ending speculations that it may ally with the BJP.
The development comes hours after the Bhartiya Janta Party announced that it will contest the upcoming Lok Sabha and the Assembly polls in the state which means there will be no alliance between the BJP and Naveen Patnaik-led BJD.
Odisha will vote for Lok Sabha and Assembly polls simultaneously on May 13, May 20, May 25 and June 1. The results will be declared on June 4. Ahead of the elections, there is buzz that BJP-BJD may enter into alliance.
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Lok Sabha polls are due in few weeks, however, the scheduled of the elections is yet to be announced by the Election Commission of India. Ahead of the polls, India TV-CNX conducted an opinion poll to gauge the mood of the voters.
Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha Election 2024: The Naveen Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal (BJD) won the constituency five times in a row from 1998 to 2019. The party lost the election to BJP's Aparajita Sarangi for the first time in the 2019 polls.
Odisha news: Congress has revoked the suspension of senior leaders Mohammed Moquim and Chiranjib Biswal ahead of the crucial 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
The 2000-batch IAS officer, who sparked several controversies and was accused of violating the service rule, had taken voluntary retirement from government service on October 23 this year.
Although the BJD officially claims to be maintaining "equidistance" from the BJP as well as Congress, the party has so far skipped all meetings aimed at establishing a third front and has instead been supporting the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government at the Centre in almost all matters.
Kanhar is not the sole politician, who is appearing for the examination. He is being joined by one of his friends who is a Sarpanch.
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Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has been re-elected as the President of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) for the eighth consecutive term on Wednesday.
One of the 78 women Members of Parliament in the Lok Sabha (a record representation), the transition for Rajashree Mallick of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) from being a pathologist to a public representative has been smooth.
The nomination of former IAS officer Ashwini Vaishnaw for the Rajya Sabha by-election from the state resonated in the Odisha Assembly on Wednesday as the Congress demanded a statement from Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik over his alleged involvement in mining and land allotment scams.
Two ruling Biju Janata Dal candidates and one BJP nominee on Monday filed their nomination papers for the by-election to the three vacant Rajya Sabha seats of Odisha.
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