Odisha Chief Minister and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) President Naveen Patnaik today appointed Rajya Sabha MP Sasmit Patra as party’s leader in the Upper House of the Parliament.
Twenty-four newly elected members including three BJD MPs from Odisha - Manas Mangaraj and Sulata Deo took oath on Friday in the chamber of the upper house of the Parliament.
Shashi Tharoor, once again, has grabbed Twitterati's attention but this time not for his extraordinary words but for being inattentive to Farooq Abdullah's speech in the parliament.