
Sujit kumar bisoyi
Special Correspondent at The Indian Express
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1 week ago |
indianexpress.com | Sujit kumar bisoyi
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday suggested the abolition of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and said the Congress had made the “ED law” when it was in power despite opposition from several parties. His comments came amid a political storm over the ED’s prosecution complaint against Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, among others, in the National Herald case. Terming the ED action vendetta politics, the Congress has launched a nationwide protest against it.
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1 week ago |
indianexpress.com | Sujit kumar bisoyi
A row erupted in Odisha on Tuesday after the statue of former chief minister Biju Patnaik was set on fire by miscreants in the Balangir district, prompting the Biju Janata Dal to allege that there was a conspiracy afoot to erase his legacy. The statue had been wrapped in polythene at Parsuram Square in Patnagrah town following a dispute over its placement. The fire was extinguished once police arrived at the spot. The incident took place two days before Biju Patnaik’s death anniversary on April 17.
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1 week ago |
indianexpress.com | Sujit kumar bisoyi
As dissent brews in the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) following its flip-flop over the Waqf (Amendment) Bill in Rajya Sabha, veteran MLA Ranendra Pratap Swain has urged party president and former Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik not to let a few individuals “hijack the party”. Swain, an eight-time MLA from Athgarh in the Cuttack district, referred to the “loyalists” of an influential group being picked for prominent posts as part of the ongoing organisational polls.
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1 week ago |
indianexpress.com | Sujit kumar bisoyi
Taking a swipe at the Mamata Banerjee government for allegedly obstructing the Centre’s Ayushman Bharat scheme in West Bengal, Union Health Minister and BJP president J P Nadda said Friday that the time has come for the lotus to bloom in the state.
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2 weeks ago |
indianexpress.com | Sujit kumar bisoyi
The rift in the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) is continuing to play out in the open despite instructions from party president and former Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik that BJD leaders refrain from publicly speaking on party matters.
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