Bhubaneswar: Amidst the ongoing flip-flop over supporting the Waqf (Amendment) Bill in Parliament, BJD president Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday came out in support of his close aide V K Pandian and ...

BJD president Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday came out in support of V. K. Pandian and asked party leaders to refrain from criticising him. A section of party leaders alleged that it was on the direction ...

Bhubaneswar, Apr 9 (PTI) Amidst the ongoing flip-flop over supporting the Waqf (Amendment) Bill in Parliament, BJD president Naveen Patnaik told the party that his close aide VK Pandian should not be ...

Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], April 9 (ANI): Noting that VK Pandian has done a lot of good work for the state and the party, former Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has said that the former ...

Karthikeyan Pandian from criticism ... Adding to the confusion, BJD’s leader in the Rajya Sabha, Dr. Sasmit Patra, earlier said that no whip was issued and that members were advised to ...

Noting that VK Pandian has done a lot of good work for the state and the party, former Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has said that the former bureaucrat-turned-politician left the BJD over ...

Naveen Patnaik said the allegations against Pandian were “baseless and exaggerated” and that Pandian continued to be a figure of “integrity and dedication”. BHUBANESWAR: Former Odisha ...

Amid turmoil in the BJD over Waqf Bill voting that sparked internal conflict and speculations about a split, party chief Naveen Patnaik came out in support of VK Pandian and vehemently denied his ...

BJD President Naveen Patnaik defended VK Pandian amid controversy over the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, denying Pandian's involvement in party activities. Former MLA Pravat Tripathy's accusation against ...

More controversially, BJD sources suggested that Patra received the green light to not issue a whip from V.K. Pandian, Patnaik’s long-time bureaucrat-turned-political aide. The decision, it is claimed ...