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Former IAS officer Sujata Karthikeyan joins BJD amid succession buzz

June 25, 2026 1:07 pm

Senior leaders, MPs and MLAs from all 30 districts were invited by the party to Sankha Bhawan apparently to send a signal that her joining the BJD is a collective decision by the party.

Amid TMC meltdown, how Naveen Patnaik is going all out to shore up BJD

June 13, 2026 4:06 am

Ex-Odisha CM holds brainstorming meet with BJD's losing candidates of 2024 polls to firm up a roadmap for its revival, flags “poor law and order” and “fiscal mismanagement” as key issues against BJP government.

BJD hit by mounting defections, Naveen Patnaik moves to restore order

June 12, 2026 7:24 pm

Party president calls key meeting after week-long consultations in Delhi

Naveen Patnaik’s full-circle moment: Former CM turns to old playbook to take on BJP

June 04, 2026 3:46 pm

Twenty-six years after using public-safety concerns to unseat the Congress, the former Odisha CM is deploying the same strategy against the BJP government.

Rajya Sabha MP Debashish Samantaray, who slammed BJD for straying from ‘core ideology’, quits party; set to join BJP

May 25, 2026 3:04 pm

After Mamata Mahanta and Sujeet Kumar, who resigned from the party in 2024 and were renominated on BJP tickets, Samantaray is the third Rajya Sabha member to quit the BJD.

Nearly a year after unseating the BJD in Odisha, the BJP remains firmly ahead with no visible challenger, as Naveen Patnaik’s party grapples with leadership uncertainty and an opposition vacuum deepens before the 2027 panchayat elections.

BJD adrift, BJP left unchallenged in Odisha — and a clear path ahead

May 26, 2026 4:28 am

While the BJP government has its own share of problems, the uncertainty around the BJD and the lack of a third front mean that Odisha is left without a choice.

BJD protests voter roll ‘deletions’; flags risk to 9.8 lakh names, says migrants most vulnerable

April 22, 2026 5:57 pm

The regional party also alleged that the number of deletions may increase further without adequate safeguards when the SIR process is rolled out in the state.

Though no prominent leaders joined at launch, Moquim said many from Congress and BJD would come on board.

Expelled Congress leader Mohammed Moquim launches new party in Odisha

April 15, 2026 10:20 pm

The new outfit, which focuses on youth leadership and Gen-Z, is eyeing the forthcoming panchayat and urban local body polls scheduled early next year.

Who is Manas Ranjan Mangaraj, BJD’s new leader in the Rajya Sabha

April 13, 2026 3:07 pm

Seen as close to Patnaik’s trusted aide V K Pandian, he is seen to be a part of the BJD’s inner circle and was appointed party observer for the Berhampore Lok Sabha seat in 2024, which the party lost along with six of the seven Assembly segments falling under it.