Politics

Amid political war of words over the issue of the Shree Jagannath Temple Heritage Corridor Project in Puri, Bhubaneswar BJP MP Aparajita Sarangi on Wednesday visited the holy town along with people across party lines opposed to the construction work around Srimandir.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) sets 4-member panel called National Task Force, led by national vice-president Baijayant Panda to frame new strategy to win over 74,000 polling booths in next Lok Sabha polls where the party had performed poorly during the 2019 polls.

Political Strategist Prashant Kishor has declined the offer to join the party after a series of meetings with Congress President Sonia Gandhi.

MP Navneet Rana and her husband, MLA Ravi Rana arrested by Mumbai police for `creating enmity between different groups', as per recent reports.

Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani was arrested by Assam Police late on Wednesday from the Palanpur circuit House in Gujarat.