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  BJP questions Rahul Gandhi's foreign trips and expenses, seeks full breakdown of Rs 60 cr spending

  India | May 14, 2026 11:14 IST

  BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra has questioned Rahul Gandhi's foreign travel expenses, alleging that the Congress leader spent Rs 60 crore on international trips over 22 years despite earning only Rs 11 crore in the past decade.

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  Kharge calls PM Modi 'terrorist' in Tamil Nadu rally; BJP condemns remark of Congress chief

  India | April 21, 2026 17:15 IST

  Kharge says, "How can they (AIADMK) join with Modi? He is a terrorist. And he who won't believe in equality. His party won't believe in equality and justice. And these people are joining with them, it means that they are weakening democracy..."

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  'Nehru was compromised, always behaved as though he were British': BJP lambasts Cong over AI Summit

  India | February 26, 2026 14:28 IST

  Addressing a press conference on Wednesday, BJP MP Sambit Patra lambasted former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and said that he was 'compromised'. Raising seven questions for the Congress, Patra claimed CIA and KGB operatives were inside Nehru's office.

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  BJP slams Rahul Gandhi's 'topless, brainless' Youth Congress as Gen-Z fury erupts over AI Summit

  India | February 20, 2026 17:05 IST

  Four Youth Congress leaders-Krishna Hari (National Secretary, 35, Bihar resident), Kundan Yadav (Bihar), Ajay Kumar and Narasimha Yadav (National Coordinator)- gained entry to the AI Impact Summit by registering online, scanning QR codes and concealing objectionable T-shirts under sweaters.

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  Congress using foreign-based X accounts to 'set narrative' against PM Modi, RSS: BJP

  India | November 27, 2025 16:00 IST

  BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra said Congress MP Rahul Gandhi wants to incite a civil war in India. He questioned Gandhi for speaking against constitutional organisations in abroad and said time has come to 'reject' and 'sideline' the Congress leader.

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  Jamaat-e-Islami and Hefazat-e-Islam attacked Rabindranath Tagore's ancestral home in Bangladesh: BJP

  India | June 12, 2025 13:13 IST

  A mob attacked and vandalised the ancestral home of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore in Bangladesh's Sirajganj district, according to local media reports.

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  BJP rips into Congress over Channi's remarks on surgical strikes, calls CWC 'Pakistan Working...'

  India | May 03, 2025 10:52 IST

  Following the terrorist attacks in Jammu and Kashmir's Uri, teams of Indian Army commandos crossed the Line of Control into Pakistani-administered Kashmir in September 2016. They attacked targets in the territory held by Pakistan, known as surgical strike.

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  BJP membership drive to begin from Sept 1, Amit Shah calls for taking party ideology to every corner

  India | August 18, 2024 6:16 IST

  Sambit Patra said the BJP governments in the states and at the Centre were often re-elected, unlike the Congress which has a poor track record in retaining power. The Congress does not exist as a serious political force in many states now, he added, according to the sources.

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  Odisha Lok Sabha Election Results 2024: BJP surges ahead of BJD, leading on 18 seats

  India | June 04, 2024 11:43 IST

  Odisha Lok Sabha Election Results 2024: The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is facing a tough challenge from the resurgent BJP this time in Odisha.

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  Puri Election Results 2024: BJP's Sambit Patra wins

  India | June 05, 2024 18:09 IST

  Puri Election Results 2024: Stay tuned to India TV for all the latest election updates. Follow the live coverage as the Puri Election Results 2024 unfold.

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  Odisha: Six Lok Sabha seats to go to polls in the sixth phase today, key candidates in fray

  India | May 28, 2024 13:56 IST

  Odisha has a total of 21 Lok Sabha seats. So far voting has been concluded in 9 seats. Out of remaining 12, 6 seats are going to polls today (May 25). In the last phase rest of the six seats will go to polls. The results will be declared on June 4.

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  Lok Sabha Elections 2024: From Maneka to Khattar to Mehbooba, list of key candidates in Phase 6

  India | May 31, 2024 19:18 IST

  Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The sixth phase of the Lok Sabha Elections 2024 will be held on May 25 (Saturday) in which voters in 58 constituencies will use their franchise. Eight states and Union Territories including UP, Haryana, Delhi, Bengal, Bihar and Odisha will go to polls in the sixth phase.

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  Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 6: List of 58 constituencies, states, parties and candidates

  India | May 30, 2024 18:01 IST

  Lok Sabha Elections 2024: 58 constituencies are going for polls in the sixth phase on May 25. Voters in Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, West Bengal, Bihar, Delhi, Odisha, Jharkhand and Jammu and Kashmir will use their franchise in the sixth phase.

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  'Will observe fast for three days': Sambit Patra apologises for his remark on Lord Jagannath

  India | May 21, 2024 7:32 IST

  BJP leader Sambit Patra faced criticism for calling Lord Jagannath a 'devotee' of PM Modi. Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik condemned this as an insult to the revered deity and urged the BJP to keep religion separate from politics.

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  Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik condemns BJP's Sambit Patra for calling Lord Jagannath a 'bhakt' of PM Modi

  India | May 28, 2024 13:56 IST

  BJP's Sambit Patra faces backlash after referring to Lord Jagannath as a 'bhakt' of PM Modi. Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik deems it an insult to the revered deity, urging the BJP to refrain from mixing religion with politics.

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  Puri Lok Sabha Election 2024: Will BJP's Sambit Patra, who put up a close fight in 2019, defeat BJD?

  India | May 05, 2024 0:02 IST

  Hot seats in Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The city that houses the famous Jagannath Temple, is set to witness a triangular contest between BJP, Congress and BJD. In the last three Lok Sabha polls, the seat has been claimed by the BJD which considers it as its stronghold.

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  Puri Lok Sabha Election Result 2024: Constituency profile, winners, margin, party candidates list

  India | May 29, 2024 23:45 IST

  Puri Lok Sabha Election 2024: Biju Janata Dal (BJP) leader Pinaki Misra has been representing the Odisha's Puri constituency since 2009. Misra won the seat in 1996 also as a Congress nominee.

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  Union Minister's boat gets stuck in Odisha's Chilika Lake for 2 hours

  India | January 08, 2024 10:46 IST

  Union Minister Parshottam Rupala and BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra were stranded in Odisha's Chilika Lake for two hours. The administration sent another vessel from Satapada for their rescue.

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  Chhattisgarh Assembly elections: BJP accuses Congress of Naxal ties and central scheme obstruction

  chhattisgarh | September 26, 2023 17:47 IST

  BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra specifically questioned Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, asking about the utilization of funds collected during the COVID pandemic and highlighting alleged inaction in several rape cases in the state.

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  'This is blow to arrogance of...' slams BJP as Surat court rejects Rahul Gandhi's plea

  India | April 20, 2023 15:46 IST

  Modi surname Defamation case: Surat Court on Thursday rejected Rahul Gandhi's plea for a stay on his conviction in the 'Modi surname' defamation case that he filed earlier. BJP has now slammed the Gandhi family over the court's judgment.