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Know Your Turncoats, Part 20: 30 in last phase with ex-PM’s son, ex-minister, a Pulwama connection

A total of 30 turncoats are in fray in phase seven of the Lok Sabha polls – 11 in the BJP, seven in the Aam Aadmi Party, eight in the Congress, and two each in the Biju Janata Dal and the Shiromani Akali Dal.

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Know Your Turncoats, Part 15: NDA has 53% defectors in phase 5; 2 in Shinde camp after ED whip

A total of 15 turncoats populate the fifth phase Lok Sabha candidates list – eight in the BJP-led NDA, six in the INDIA bloc, including one in the Trinamool Congress. The Biju Janata Dal has also fielded one defector.

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Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik kicks off BJD’s official campaign for Lok Sabha polls

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on April 24 exuded confidence of winning both Lok Sabha and Assembly elections as he kicked off the official campaign of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) from Hinjili, his longstanding assembly constituency.

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Dilemma of two fathers in Odisha politics; a curious case of cross-party backing for sons’ electoral debut

Veteran Congress MLA denies campaigning for other parties; BJP leader strategizes for son's election debut in Odisha.

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BJP Odisha vice-president Lekhasri Samantasinghar resigns from party, joins BJD

Lekhasri Samantasinghar resigned from the saffron party and joined the Biju Janata Dal (BJD)

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BJP struggling to find candidates for all 147 Assembly seats, ridicules BJD

The Biju Janata Dal took a potshot at the Bharatiya Janata Party, suggesting that the latter was struggling to find candidates for all 147 Assembly seats

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Open season: On Odisha politics

The alliance between prinicipal rivals the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Biju Janata Dal that did not happen, shows that it is open season in Odisha

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Electoral bond data | Who gave the most and which party got how much in the first two years

Election Commission reveals top electoral bond purchasers and parties, Supreme Court demands full disclosure from SBI.

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No BJD-BJP electoral alliance in Odisha

BJP Odisha unit president Manmohan Samal said there would be no alliance with any political party, including the Biju Janata Dal, for the upcoming Lok Sabha and Assembly polls

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Former bureaucrat V K Pandian joins BJD in presence of Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik

Former Bureaucrat V K Pandian today officially joined the Biju Janata Dal at the Naveen Nivas in the presence of party supremo and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Women Reservation Bill: In 20 States & UTs less than 10% MLAs are female | Data

The BJP government introduced the Women’s Reservation Bill in the new Parliament House, and it was passed by the Lok Sabha on September 20, 2023. The bill proposes to reserve one-third of the seats in the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies for women. However, it can only be implemented after…

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BJD will take part in inauguration of new Parliament building

Despite the massive furore over the exclusion of President Droupadi Murmu from the inauguration of the new Parliament Building on May 28, the Biju Janata Dal said it had decided to take part in the opening.

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