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Naveen Patnaik makes young MLA Pranab Prakash Das number two in BJD
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar
UPDATED ON MAR 05, 2020 11:30 PM IST
Patnaik made the announcement at the party headquarters in Bhubaneswar on the occasion of the 104th birth anniversary of former chief minister Biju Patnaik.
Why the late Biju Patnaik deserves a Bharat Ratna| Opinion
By Amar Patnaik
UPDATED ON MAR 04, 2020 09:33 PM IST
Honour the freedom fighter, aviator, modern Odisha’s architect, and a symbol of fierce courage and patriotism
Man tries to open IndiGo plane door mid-air, forces emergency landing
By Debabrata Mohanty | Bhubaneswar
UPDATED ON JUN 23, 2019 10:50 PM IST
Airport officials at the Biju Patnaik airport said soon after the IndiGo flight 6E 462 left Hyderabad at 4:50 am, a 20-year-old passenger named Irshad Ali started creating a ruckus.
From art lover to five-time CM, Naveen Patnaik is leader for all seasons
By Debabrata Mohanty | Bhubaneswar
UPDATED ON MAY 24, 2019 07:56 AM IST
His lack of proficiency in Odia — the state was the first in the country to be carved out on the basis of language— has never been a stumbling block in his popularity. Since then, Patnaik has never looked back.
Lok Sabha elections 2019: UPA or NDA, Naveen Patnaik relevance can’t be undermined
By Debabrata Mohanty
UPDATED ON MAY 23, 2019 07:36 AM IST
In 2014, he bucked a nationwide Modi wave to win a record 117 of the 147 seats in the state assembly polls and 20 seats of the 21 seats in Lok Sabha polls.
Can the Naveen model counter Modi?
By Rajdeep Sardesai
UPDATED ON APR 26, 2019 10:26 AM IST
Even if a United Front-like 1990s experiment appears unlikely in case the BJP fails to achieve its 2014 performance, don’t rule out a greater role for the regional supremos in any post-May 23 ruling dispensation
Lok Sabha elections 2019: Jay Panda faces star power in high-profile battle
By Saubhadra Chatterji | Hindustan Times, Kendrapara
UPDATED ON APR 25, 2019 08:22 AM IST
The road to Kendrapara is littered with posters of Anubhav Mohanty’s latest flick, “Biju Babu”. Although Mohanty claims the film has nothing political about it, the timing of the film’s title and that Mohanty is contesting from an area considered the legendary Biju Patnaik’s ‘karambhumi’ is too obvious to ignore.
BJD candidate and former Odisha finance minister passes away
By Debabrata Mohanty | Bhubaneswar
PUBLISHED ON APR 20, 2019 01:58 PM IST
The 83-year-old Agarwal, the only Marwari politician in BJD, had been unwell for the past few days and was admitted to a private hospital in the city after his condition deteriorated.
Lok Sabha elections 2019: Will TMC, BJD rethink strategy to stave off BJP poll challenge?
By Roshan Kishore | Hindustan Times, New Delhi, New Delhi
UPDATED ON APR 17, 2019 07:47 AM IST
Naveen Patnaik formed the BJD after the death of his father Biju Patnaik in 1997. The BJP and the BJD had pre-poll alliances in the 1998, 1999 and 2004 Lok Sabha elections, and won 16, 19 and 18 out of the 21 PCs in the state
Lok Sabha 2019 constituency: Odisha’s Aska is BJD’s pocket borough
By HT Correspondent | New Delhi
UPDATED ON APR 12, 2019 05:23 PM IST
Aska will vote on April 18 during the second round of the seven-phase Lok Sabha election. The result will be declared on May 23.
Lok Sabha election: Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik fulfils promise, names women candidates on 33% seats
By Debabrata Mohanty | Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar
UPDATED ON APR 03, 2019 04:21 PM IST
Odisha chief minister and Biju Janata Dal chief Naveen Patnaik has named women candidates for seven of the 21 Lok Sabha seats in the state.
Lok Sabha elections 2019: The rights and wrongs of double candidatures in elections
By Vinod Sharma | Hindustan Times
PUBLISHED ON MAR 30, 2019 06:29 AM IST
The hullabaloo over the possibility of Narendra Modi or Rahul Gandhi fighting from two seats is nothing but a tactic tailored to paint the rival side as lacking in confidence. At stake is ascendancy in public perception.
BJD’s decision to reserve seats for women is great but it’s half the job done
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON MAR 12, 2019 07:42 AM IST
To strengthen the quality of polity and governance, parties must choose women candidates who have a good track record, not just those who ride on family backing and monetary power. And one important pool of representatives that they must tap is the panchayat segment
BJD lawmaker to quit electoral politics, says 13-yr-old son convinced him
By Debabrata Mohanty | Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar
UPDATED ON MAR 05, 2019 08:28 PM IST
Tataghata Satpathy, said he was leaving electoral politics following the wish of his 13-year-old son.
After Congress and BJP, BJD now seeks public opinion on poll manifesto
By Debabrata Mohanty | Bhubaneswar, Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON MAR 05, 2019 12:53 PM IST
BJD chief Naveen Patnaik said members of the party’s women wing will visit households and hand over forms to collect the views over the government’s performance and their expectations from it.
Bharat Ratna for former president Pranab Mukherjee as he visited RSS headquarters: JD(S) leader
By Press Trust of India | New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON JAN 26, 2019 02:29 PM IST
Ali added that there were more deserving candidates than the former president Pranab Mukherjee in the field of politics, like Biju Patnaik and Kanshi Ram, who had worked for the masses.