BHUBANESWAR: The Congress came down heavily on the BJD for changing its decision to oppose the the Waqf Bill and go for conscience vote which it said was indirect support to the NDA government.

Former Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, who was chosen as the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president for the ninth time in a row, on Saturday (April 19, 2025) called upon party workers to expose the ...

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 ...

Bhubaneswar: The Naveen Patnaik-led BJD, which had decided to oppose the Waqf Amendment Bill, 2025, in Rajya Sabha, left it to individual members to take a call on the issue in case voting takes ...

BHUBANESWAR: The BJD joined the Congress in condemning the suspension of MLAs and their eviction from the well of the House by engaging police. Stating that this is for the first time in the ...

As many as 19 people, including 16 policemen, were injured in stone-pelting by the agitators. A BJD delegation submitted a memorandum to the NCST, through its regional office in Bhubaneswar ...

Amid a row over change in stand over voting on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Friday asserted it is a secular regional outfit and maintains equal distance from the ...

Kendrapada: BJD's Bhisma Mohanty has been elected unopposed as the vice-chairperson of Kendrapada zilla parishad, filling a position that was vacant for 12 months. The post became vacant in April ...

Photograph: Shrikant Singh/ANI Photo Patra, also the leader of the BJD in Rajya Sabha, is in the eye of the storm after revealing that he had voted in favour of the contentious Bill. After the BJD ...

A long stint at the helm and an inability to fully decouple from BJP's politics has left BJD unable to perfect an oppositional pitch in its voice Naveen Patnaik’s election as the president of ...