BIJU MAHILA JANATA DAL

Following the defeat in recently held Assembly and Lok Sabha elections in the state, Biju Janata Dal (BJD) President Naveen Patnaik on Sunday issued orders for restructuring the BJD.

The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has decided to renew its push for Special Category Status for Odisha. This decision emerged after a meeting chaired by BJD president Naveen Patnaik and attended by all nine of the party's Rajya Sabha MPs. The Special Catego...

In an exclusive interview with ANI, Odisha CM-designate Mohan Charan Majhi thanked the people of Odisha and Lord Jagannath after being announced as the new Chief Minister of Odisha. While speaking to ANI, he said that he would stand on PM Modi’s vis...

Dharmendra Pradhan, a senior BJP leader, was inducted into the Union cabinet for the third time. He won from Sambalpur in Odisha, defeating the Biju Janata Dal's Pranab Prakash Das by over 1.19 lakh votes.

VK Pandian, a close aide of former Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik, resigned from politics following the BJD's loss to the BJP in state elections. Pandian expressed regret if he contributed to the defeat. Naveen Patnaik defended Pandian's integrity and cla...

VK Pandian, former bureaucrat and close aide of former Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, has quit active politics after BJD's drubbing in the state assembly elections at the hands of the BJP.VK Pandian quits active politics after BJD loses Odish...

"As an officer, he (Pandian) did an excellent job in different fields in the last 10 years, be it during two cyclones or the COVID-19 pandemic. After this good work, he retired from the bureaucracy and joined the BJD and contributed largely by doing...

Days after the results of the Odisha assembly polls, state outgoing Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday said that Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader VK Pandian is not his "successor" and pointed out that the people of the state would decide on this.

JP MP Pratap Chandra Sarangi expressed joy over BJP's significant victory in the 2024 Assembly and Lok Sabha Elections in Odisha. The win ended Naveen Patnaik's reign as Odisha CM as BJP won 78 Assembly seats out of 147, and secured 20 out of 21 Lok...

After 24 years as Odisha's chief minister, Naveen Patnaik steps down, marking the end of an era. He led the state's transformation from post-cyclone recovery to a hub of aspiration. Unlike many, Patnaik focused on Odisha, not national politics. His ...

The BJD, which has been in power in Odisha since 2000, was stunned by the saffron surge in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The Naveen Patnaik-led party, which had won 113 seats in the assembly in the 2019 elections, managed to get only 51 seats, follo...

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) approached the 2024 Lok Sabha elections with high hopes. The slogan "Ab ki baar 400 paar" reflected the party's belief in not only securing a majority but achieving a substantial win once again. They did secure the m...

Odisha Assembly Election 2024 Winners List:​ Patnaik’s BJD has been a dominant player of state politics for over two decades, with the incumbent government presenting poverty alleviation and disaster management among its major achievements. Fondly c...

Puri Lok Sabha seat witnesses triangular contest between BJD's Pinaki Misra, BJP's Sambit Patra, and BJD's Arup Patnaik in Odisha.

The exit polls on Saturday predicted that the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is expected to double its tally in Odisha in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The BJP is making an effort to enter the bastion of Biju Janata Dal.

Exit polls for the 2024 Odisha Assembly Elections will be released this evening. The election, held in four phases with vote counting on June 4, sees a primary contest between the BJD and BJP. The BJD, ruling since 2000, faces scrutiny over Naveen P...

Kendrapara in Coastal Odisha has been a stronghold of socialist and anti-Congress ideologies since the 1950s. It has been the epicenter of the socialist movement in the state, which opposed the Congress after the first Lok Sabha elections in 1952. T...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi conducted a roadshow in Puri following his visit to the Lord Jagannath temple. BJP candidate Sambit Patra, in a media interview, made a controversial statement implying that Lord Jagannath is a devotee of PM Modi, leadin...

BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra sparked controversy by suggesting Lord Jagannath is a devotee of PM Modi after a roadshow in Odisha's Puri. Patra later clarified it was a slip of the tongue, apologizing for the mistake. However, the comment led to wid...