Politics

BJD said it will take legal action against Times Now, a leading English news channel, for trying to malign the party by running a story alleging the Odisha’s ruling party received dubious funding from suspicious sources before the 2014 general and Assembly elections.

Refuting the charges of BJP that BJD has received ‘dubious fund’ from suspected sources during the 2014 polls, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday said the allegations are malicious, fabricated and false.

The suspension order on senior BJP leader and former minister Jaynarayan Mishra has been revoked by the party’s state unit president Basant Panda on Saturday.

The Opposition Congress and BJP on Saturday demanded an inquiry into the alleged dubious transaction in the account of ruling BJD during the 2014 general and Assembly elections in the state.

Tension prevailed at the meeting place of Union Minister Nitin Gadkari in Angul district as the organisers offered cash to the journalists covering the event on Friday.

Odisha Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday announced that his party will support Opposition candidate Gopalkrishna Gandhi in the Vice President poll.

Odisha lawmakers on Monday exercised their franchises to cast votes for the presidential election to elect the 14th President of India in a contest between ruling NDA candidate Ram Nath Kovind and opposition-backed Meira Kumar.

Senior BJD leader and Forest and Environment Minister Bijayshree Routray has announced that he would not contest any more elections. He, however, said that he will continue to work for the party organization.

NDA’s presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind on Friday met the lawmakers of BJD and BJP seeking to vote his candidature in the coming presidential elections.

Congress MLA Chandrasekhar Majhi on Wednesday courted controversy when he tried to forcibly enter the Odisha Secretariat defying the security norms laid down for entry into the premises.