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BJP makes veiled attack on Naveen aide Pandian with focus on 'Odia asmita'
BJP's focus on Odia identity is seen as a veiled attack on CM Naveen Patnaik's aide VK Pandian, whose roots are in Tamil Nadu. The saffron party on Monday likened the BJD govt to "Kalapahad", the ...
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Koshal row rattles BJP, triggers Assembly uproar after senior MLA backs separate state
The BJP is facing backlash in Odisha after its senior MLA, Jay Narayan Mishra, backed a separate Koshal state, challenging the party’s Odia Asmita (Odia pride) narrative. Mishra’s remark that ...
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Odisha BJP in turmoil as MLA calls Koshala's merger a 'historical mistake'; deputy CM steps in
Eight-time BJD MLA RP Swain said, "The BJP came to power with the slogan of Odia 'asmita'. Is this the pride they were talking about?" BJD MLAs also raised the matter in the assembly, disrupting the ...
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Photos of Naveen Patnaik’s aide VK Pandian go missing in BJD campaign posters
Bureaucrat-turned-politician VK Pandian, meanwhile, has gone missing from BJD’s posters and banners ... strategic move to thwart BJP’s proposed campaign on “Odia asmita (pride)”.
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BJD, Congress ask CM Mohan Charan Majhi to clear stand over Mishra’s remark
“On one hand the BJP speaks about Odia Asmita and on the other, it is encouraging such divisive ideas,” Deb said. Condemning Mishra’s statement, leader of the Congress legislature party ...