Odisha government rejects Centre's plea to reduce VAT on fuel
Politics | Oct 07, 2017, 10:10 PM ISTDharmendra Pradhan on October 4 had appealed to the states to cut VAT on petrol and diesel by 5 per cent.
Dharmendra Pradhan on October 4 had appealed to the states to cut VAT on petrol and diesel by 5 per cent.
Amit Shah expressed confidence that the BJP's 120-plus seat mission in Odisha would certainly fructify as "the people have made up their mind to throw out the BJD government."
"The Biju Janata Dal will support Sri Gopalkrishna Gandhi," Naveen Patnaik said.
The BJD had announced its support for Kovind even though the party's president and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had in the past dubbed the BJP as "communal" and even severed his party's ties with it prior to the 2009 general elections.
Elaborating the reasons behind BJD's support to the NDA candidate, Patnaik said Ram Nath Kovind is an eminent lawyer belonging to the scheduled caste community.
"It will be a good tradition to elect a person as the president of India on consensus," Naidu said.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday inducted 10 new faces and elevated two ministers of state to cabinet rank.
Sanjay Dasburma, Pranab Prakash Das, Arun Sahoo, Pradeep Panigrahi, Pushpendra Singhdeo, Lal Bihari Himirika, Sudam Marndi, Jogendra Behera and Debi Prasad Mishra have put in their papers.
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu accepted a proposal from Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik for a new railway line within three minutes.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today said that his government will take strong action against those who are whipping up violence in the name of religion in the state.
Satpathy said that rumours were rife that one BJD MP was helping the BJP to create a rift in the ruling party, triggering a response from another BJD MP.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday said the hardships faced by people after demonetisation of high-value currency notes will remain for one or two quarters.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today asked Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to take action against those involved in attack on convoy of two central ministers in the state
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