Political observers say it’s a mix of a careful narrative built around Patnaik and the welfare politics that has made him click with the masses despite over 22 years at the helm.
BJD leading in Padampur by margin of 38,252 votes. If trends hold, this win will come as relief to party which last month saw its 1st bypoll loss since 2009 when BJP won Dhamnagar.
Riding high after a bypoll win in October, BJP is going all out to wrest Padampur assembly seat in a by-election necessitated by sitting MLA’s death. The BJD is fighting back.
BJD, usually a friendly party to the BJP in Parliament, joined other Opposition parties in raising a red flag over the issue. It urged the Centre to 'revisit' the proposal immediately.
Move will ‘purify electoral rolls’ says Law Minister Rijiju. But Opposition parties as well as BJD & YSRCP, which have backed govt legislation before, ask why the ‘tearing hurry'.
BJD's move came three days after a delegation of its MPs met Home Minister Amit Shah & submitted a memorandum seeking legislation to raise quota for OBCs in the state.
With an eye on forming next govt in Odisha, BJP draws up roadmap that includes talking up Modi govt's achievements at the Centre, pointing out issues in CM Naveen Patnaik's govt.
JD(U) says govt should include MSP in laws, while AIADMK wants farmers’ concerns to be addressed and JJP in Haryana has urged the govt to add a line on MSP in the laws.
Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.
On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.
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