Families Dominate Odisha Elections
Dynastic politics has come to the fore in the state in these elections with major political parties giving tickets to members of prominent political...
Turncoats Make Elections Colourful
This is election time and turncoats are ruling the roost. There are defectors in all parties. Some are also getting tickets. The big question...
Manifesto Making Exercise By Parties
Political parties have also shown a tendency to use manifesto making exercise as a propaganda tool. For example both Congress and BJP claim to...
Candidate Selection Throws BJD In to Turmoil
Some of the MLAs of BJD are perceived to be close to Naveen and they also enjoy sizeable clout in their respective constituencies. Denying...
Keen Contest On The Cards, Ayarams Gayarams Spice It Up
The parties are battle ready with manifestoes being drafted, candidates being selected and new leaders being inducted. Few electoral battles in the past had...
Congress’s Priyanka Gambit
Priyanka’s entry was not unexpected. The party, with its fortunes down, was looking for someone who could reverse its fortunes in UP which accounts...
Opposition Flounders As Naveen Aims For A Record Fifth Term
Both the major opposition parties are trying hard to find faults with chief minister, Naveen Patnaik and his party. This is because it would give...
Naveen Pulls Away From Rivals
Elections are in the air. Chief Minister, Naveen Patnaik, who believes in being one up on his rivals, has already swung into the campaign...
Like Modi Rahul Also Eyes Odisha
Ahead of Rahul’s visit last month, the Congress party had been jolted by the resignations of two sitting MLAs—Naba Kishore Das and Jogesh Singh....
A Combative Shah Attacks Patnaik
Shah is aware that Ratna Bhandar has remained an emotive issue. He played on it. “How can the people who could not safeguard the...
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