Ashok Pradhan

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Bhubaneswar/Balangir: A "mentally unstable" man was arrested for setting fire to a statue of BJD ideologue Biju Patnaik at Patnagarh in Balangir district on Tuesday morning. This is the second such vandalism incident in recent weeks and has given rise to political tensions. Police arrested Jugal Kishor Sahu (45), a resident of Batharla village, for burning the polythene-covered statue.

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Bhubaneswar: The row within the BJD refuses to die down with senior MLA Ranendra Pratap Swain alleging that the party was being "hijacked" by a few individuals and urged BJD president Naveen Patnaik to intervene. In a letter dated April 9, which surfaced on Monday, the eight-time MLA wrote, "Let not a few hijack the party, distort the social fabric, or deepen regional imbalances.

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Bhubaneswar: BJP president JP Nadda on Saturday called upon the party's MLAs and MPs from Odisha to strengthen their grassroots connection and maintain humility in public service. Speaking at a training session of BJP elected representatives in Puri, Nadda, in his around one and a half-hour address, emphasised the importance of shedding arrogance, building personal credibility among constituents and associating with development works.

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NewsRejecting Ayushman Bharat led to poll loss for Naveen, Kejriwal: NaddaBhubaneswar: Pointing to the electoral defeats of BJD in Odisha and AAP in Delhi, BJP president and Union health minister J P Nadda on Friday said states that had refused to implement the Centre's Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) had been rejected by the people and predicted that a similar fate awaits West Bengal.

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Bhubaneswar: Union health minister and BJP president J P Nadda will launch the combined health coverage scheme — Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PMJAY) of the Centre and the state's Gopabandhu Jan Arogya Yojana (GJAY) at an event in Cuttack on Friday. Disclosing this here, state BJP president Manmohan Samal said implementation of AB PMJAY was a key manifesto promise of the BJP, which is being fulfilled.