Elections 2024

Chilika MLA Prashant Jagdev, who recently joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will not contest in upcoming elections.

Odisha Assembly Speaker Pramila Mallick on Thursday disqualified two MLAs - Arabinda Dhali and Premananda Nayak, who recently joined the BJP after resigning from the BJD ahead of the elections.

TNI Bureau: Former Berhampur Mayor Siva Shankar Dash alias Pintu, is likely to enter the electoral arena as an Independent candidate from Berhampur Assembly segment. After the snub from BJP and then BJD, Pintu Dash's followers held a…

TNI Bureau: Re-entry of Baijayant 'Jay' Panda into Kendrapada battle arena, was marked by sitting MP Anubhav Mohanty's entry into BJP in New Delhi today. After a long gap, Jay made his presence felt in Kendrapada, as a Lok Sabha candidate…

TNI Bureau: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is likely to announce candidates for the Odisha assembly elections 2024 either today or tomorrow. At least 100 candidates could be announced in the first phase. Speculation over the…

TNI Bureau: The sons, daughters and wives of the senior party leaders dominated the first phase BJD candidates’ list for Elections 2024 which was released by party president Naveen Patnaik yesterday. Candidates for a total of 72 out of…

TNI Bureau: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is all set to announce today the candidates for the upcoming elections in Odisha. According to State President Manmohan Samal, the candidates for Odisha were finalised during the Central…

Former General Secretary of ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and Ollywood actor Arindam Roy joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday.

For the third time in a row, BJP's State Unit President Manmohan Samal has ruled out any alliance with BJD in Odisha, saying BJP will contest both Lok Sabha and Assembly polls alone.

Amid speculation of an alliance between BJP and BJD followed by strong resistance by the state unit of the saffron party, no discussion was held on Odisha at the CEC of Bharatiya Janata Party held last night.