Politics

TNI Bureau: As promised earlier, Ex Bureaucrat and BJD Leader VK Pandian has withdrawn from active politics following the poll debacle in 2024 assembly and Lok Sabha polls. He had resigned as IAS and joined BJD on November 27, 2023.…

Outgoing Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday gave clean chit to him, saying Pandian as an officer did excellent work in many fields in the last 10 years.

The new record for the largest margin of victory in Lok Sabha elections now belongs to BJP’s sitting MP from Indore, Shankar Lalwani, who got a total of 12,26,751 votes.

BJP lost the 'Battle of Uttar Pradesh' badly in 2024 General Elections. It also ensured that the party fell short of majority mark at centre.

Congress party has significantly improved its performance in Odisha in the 2024 elections. Congress has won 14 Assembly seats including 7 seats from undivided Koraput.

Lok Sabha election results 2024 delivered a significant surprise, with the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) secured just 292 seats and the opposition bloc INDIA won 234 seats.

The 24-year-long tenure of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik came to an end, with the aggressive Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) poised to form Government with a clear majority in Odisha.

In what can be a big loss for the BJD, party President and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik was defeated from the Kantabanji Assembly seat.

Upasna Mohapatra, daughter of late Congress leader Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra has become the youngest leader to win the Assembly seat in Odisha in 2024 polls.

Though leads favored the BJP-led NDA over the Opposition alliance - INDIA, NDA faced a tough challenge from the INDIA bloc. Trends so far suggest the BJP might fall short of a majority on its own.