Assembly polls in Andhra Pradesh, Odisha: Voting held to elect new state govts | DETAILS
India | May 28, 2024 14:09 ISTAssembly Elections: Andhra Pradesh and Odisha are polling simultaneously for the Assembly and Lok Sabha Elections on Monday.
Assembly Elections: Andhra Pradesh and Odisha are polling simultaneously for the Assembly and Lok Sabha Elections on Monday.
Rahul Gandhi, while addressing a rally in Odisha, alleged that the BJP and BJD are fighting against each other in the elections but are working together.
Hot seats in Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Odisha, which is having a total of 21 Lok Sabha seats, is set to vote in the last four phases on May 13, May 20, May 25 and June 1. Apart from Lok Sabha polls, the state will also vote for Assembly elections simultaneously.
A bus heading to Kolkata fell from a bridge in Odisha's Jajpur district. Rescue operation is underway at the accident spot.
Odisha Assembly elections will be held along with the Lok Sabha polls in four phases on May 13, 20, 25 and June 1. The results of both elections will be declared on June 4.
Simultaneous elections to 147 Assembly seats and 21 Lok Sabha constituencies will be held in Odisha in four phases from May 13. BJD chief and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced the names of 27 candidates for assembly elections and five for Lok Sabha polls on April 3.
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.
BJP to contest both Lok Sabha elections and the Odisha Assembly polls without alliance with Naveen Patnaik's BJP.
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.
As the possibility of BJD-BJP alliance lingers ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has called a meeting of the party leaders to hold a discussion on the matter. State BJP leaders held a meeting with Amit Shah on Wednesday night, sources said.
BJP Odisha president Manmohan Samal said that they had visited Delhi to hold discussions with the central leaders on the party’s preparations for the upcoming Lok Sabha and Assembly polls in the state in which there were no talks over alliance.
Negotiations between Odisha's ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have reached a standstill over seat allocation for the upcoming Assembly and Lok Sabha elections.
The BJD leaders held a meeting after which they said that the party's decision would be in the 'larger interest of the state'. Several of them said that they were unsure if they could contest the next elections from their existing seats.
PM Modi, who was in Odisha on Tuesday, launched multiple development projects worth over Rs 19,600 crore in Jajpur district. He acknowledged the progress being made in the state and refrained from criticising Naveen Patnaik's government.
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.
The Biju Janata Dal(BJD) announced the names of Debashish Samantaray and Subhasish Khuntia as nominees to the Rajya Sabha. However, the ruling party is yet to announce its third nominee.
Five Odisha workers were among the 41 workers trapped in the Silkyara tunnel on the Brahmakhal-Yamunotri national highway in Uttarakhand for 17 days before being rescued on November 28.
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.
When VK Pandian took voluntary retirement as CM Patnaik's private secretary, the opposition parties - Congress and BJP - predicted that he would join the politics and today their prediction came true with his induction into the Cabinet in Odisha.
V K Pandian started his IAS career as a sub-collector in Dharmagarh, located in Kalahandi district. He subsequently served as a collector in the Mayurbhanj and Ganjam districts before transitioning to his role in the Chief Minister's office.
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