Naveen Patnaik praises PM Modi, rates his government '8 out of 10'
India | September 25, 2023 6:20 ISTOdisha: The BJD president also supported 'one nation, one election', saying, "We have always welcomed it, we are prepared for it."
Odisha: The BJD president also supported 'one nation, one election', saying, "We have always welcomed it, we are prepared for it."
Odisha Assembly Speaker election: Odisha’s Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Pramila Mallik will file the nomination paper as suggested by her party (BJD).
Gita Mehta death: She has penned books including 'Karma Cola', 'Snake and Ladders', 'A River Sutra', 'Raj' and 'The Eternal Ganesha'. Mehta, sources said, was very close to her younger brother Naveen Patnaik.
Naveen Patnaik's party BJD backed the BJP during the Delhi Services Bill in Rajya Sabha and the No-Confidence Motion brought in by the Opposition in Lok Sabha in the Monsoon Session of the Parliament.
Amit Shah Odisha visit: The home minister is also scheduled to attend a meeting at the airport lounge before leaving for Delhi on Saturday evening, officials said, without specifying who would be present in it.
Amit Shah will visit Odisha today amid the BJD's support to the BJP in the Parliament over the Delhi Services Bill. Shah is slated to attend a number of meetings including on left-wing extremism.
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.
India TV has conducted an opinion poll to analyse which party will have an edge if Lok Sabha elections are held today.
Naveen Patnaik started his political journey in 1997 after the demise of his father Biju Patnaik.
The accident, involving three trains, is one of the worst in the country and took place in Balasore district on Friday night. The accident also injured more than 900 people.
Odisha train accident: Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw assured that a detailed high-level inquiry into the incident. He also said that the cause of the accident will be known after the Commissioner of Railway Safety submits his report.
This will be Patnaik’s second Cabinet reshuffle in his fifth term as the chief minister of the state.
Jharsuguda by-poll: BJD candidate Dipali Das defeated rival BJP candidate Tankadhar Tripathy by a margin of over 48,000 votes in Jharsuguda.
A day after Bihar CM Nitish Kumar met him in Bhubaneswar, Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik met PM Modi in New Delhi triggering speculations in view of next year's Lok Sabha elections.
According to sources in the Chief Minister's Office, the meeting between the two chief ministers will take place at "Naveen Niwas" around noon.
The Opposition- BJP and Congress accused the government of covering up the Naba Kishore Das murder case. However, BJD wants to play a sympathy card by giving a ticket to the deceased's daughter.
Odisha: Days after the assassination of Odisha Health Minister Naba Das in Jharsuguda, BJP launched a massive protest against the government.
The incident took place in Brajrajnagar town around 1 pm when Odisha's health minister Naba Kishorewas on his way to attend a programme in the district.
The deadly attack on Odisha's Health Minister Nab Das has raised serious security concerns, and Minister Nab Das's condition remains critical.
Odisha Health Minister and Jharsuguda MLA Naba Kishore Das was shot dead by a policeman while on his way to a public meeting. Das fired about four to five rounds, in which the health minister was hit in the chest.
Top News
Latest News
