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  Odisha: Former CM Naveen Patanaik elected as Leader of Opposition in assembly

  India | June 19, 2024 20:00 IST

  During a meeting of BJD MLAs, Naveen Patnaik was elected as the leader of the opposition as well as the leader of the BJD Parliamentary Party. It is after 24 years that Naveen Patnaik is to participate in the state assembly not as chief minister.

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  Odisha CM swearing-in: BJP extends first invitation to Lord Jagannath, also invites Naveen Patnaik

  India | June 11, 2024 19:08 IST

  Earlier today, Mohan Charan Manjhi was chosen as the next chief minister of Odisha. With Manjhi Odisha is going to have a new CM face after 24 years. BJD leader Naveen Patnaik ruled the state since March 2000.

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  'Pandian not my successor, people will decide on this': Outgoing Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik

  India | June 08, 2024 16:42 IST

  Pandian is a retired IAS officer of the 2000 batch, who has served as private secretary to Naveen Patnaik for over two decades. He has been a close aide of Patnaik since years. In 2023, he took voluntary retirement from the service and joined the BJD.

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  Lok Sabha elections 2024: Seat sharing disagreement stalls BJP-BJD alliance talks in Odisha

  India | March 08, 2024 22:42 IST

  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.

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  Former BJD Leader Baijayant Jay Panda joins BJP

  India | March 04, 2019 19:13 IST

  The Assembly poll in the state is likely to be held along with the parliamentary elections, and the party hopes that the presence of Panda will brighten its prospects, especially in coastal Odisha.

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  TRS seeks non-NDA support to oppose powers to governor

  Politics | August 11, 2014 12:18 IST

  Hyderabad: TRS is mobilising support of non-NDA parties to oppose the central government's decision to entrust special powers to the Telangana governor for maintaining law and order in Hyderabad.The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) in Telangana

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  Biju Janata Dal Rules Out Support To UPA Govt

  India | March 07, 2011 14:36 IST

  Bhubaneswar, Mar 7 :  In the wake of the DMK's decision of pulling out of the UPA government, Biju Janata Dal (BJD) supremo Naveen Patnaik today ruled out his party's support to the Congress led