In a dramatic political escalation, Odisha’s Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Krushna Chandra Patra made a sensational statement questioning the future of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and ...

Rajya Sabha member Muzibulla (Munna) Khan on Monday demanded action against the party’s leader in the Upper House of ...

Senior leaders meet Naveen Patnaik, fear he continues to be "misled by an influential group"; Congress says proof that BJD continues to be close to BJP.

Rajya Sabha MP Muzibulla Khan on Monday demanded action against the party’s leader in the Upper House of Parliament, Sasmit Patra, for allegedly changing the regional outfit’s official decision to ...

Waqf Amendment Bill: All doesn't seem well within the opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) headed by former chief minister Naveen Patnaik as senior leaders of the regional outfit voiced their ...

BJP denies allegations of obtaining over Rs 1 crore from BJD's Raja Chakra in Odisha scam; President Manmohan Samal deems ...

At least two senior BJD leaders - Prafulla Samal and Pratap Jena - have written letters to Patnaik demanding action against Patra for "going against the party stand by voting in support of Waqf Bill".

Bhubaneswar: The Naveen Patnaik-led BJD faced deepening internal discord as former minister Pratap Jena demanded disciplinary action against party's Rajya Sabha floor leader Sasmit Patra regarding ...

BHUBANESWAR: The Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2025 may have passed the Rajya Sabha test, but in its wake has created deep fissures in the BJD over its sudden shift in stance from strict opposition to the ...

The Biju Janata Dal (BJD), once a dependable ally of the BJP-led Union government on key legislative matters, is now ...

BJD claims it's secular amid row over its MPs voting in favour of Waqf Bill Interestingly, a day before voting for the Waqf Bill was taken up in the Rajya Sabha, the party had stated that its ...