He was last elected to the post in February 2020. He filed his nomination papers on the 28th death anniversary of his father Biju Patnaik, after whom the regional party, the Biju Janata Dal, is named.

After voting on the Waqf Bill in the Parliament, there seems to be a new twist in the Biju Janata Dal’s internal politics. In fact it is more than a twist: right inside Patnaik’s residence Navin Niwas ...

Biju Janata Dal (BJD), led by Naveen Patnaik, has seen its Rajya Sabha strength shrink to seven after two MPs , Mamata Mohanta and Sujeet Kumar defected to the BJP. While BJD has not issued a whip ...

Odisha Election Results 2024: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Naveen Patnaik has been the state's Chief Minister since 2000. In the 2019 Assembly polls, the BJD won a massive majority with 113 seats ...

What added to the chaos outside the assembly is the march by the Biju Janata Dal MLAs, who emerged from the state assembly carrying posters demanding a 27 percent quota for backward classes in ...

Speaking to The New Indian Express, Director CHRI, Mr Venkatesh Nayak said, "It appears that money power is important here and look at the role the media has played: Rs 992.48 crores were splurged ...

Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal will attend the Joint Action Committee meeting called by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin to raise their voices against the delimitation of constituencies. The ...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Assembly was stalled on the opening day of the second phase of the budget session as opposition members created uproarious scenes soon after the House assembled for the day on ...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Assembly was stalled on the opening day of the second phase of the budget session as opposition members created uproarious scenes soon after the House assembled for the day on ...

Bhubaneswar: Former Odisha Chief Minister and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government while addressing ...

In a display of Opposition unity, the Chief Ministers of Kerala, Telangana, and Punjab-Pinarayi Vijayan, A Revanth Reddy, and Bhagwant Mann-along with Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar ...

Bhubaneswar, Mar 4 (UNI) Hundreds of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) activists staged a protest demonstration on Tuesday at the statue of Biju Patnaik near Bhubaneswar Airport, opposing the Odisha government’s ...