Yahoo India Web Search

Search results

  1. The Biju Janata Dal (transl. Biju People's Party; abbr. BJD) is an Indian regional political party with significant influence in the state of Odisha. It was founded by the former minister of mines and minerals of the Republic of India Naveen Patnaik on 26 December 1997 as a breakaway faction from the Janata Dal . [9]

  2. Biju Janata Dal (BJD) the regional party of Odisha is named after the legendary former Chief Minister and architect of modern Odisha.

  3. 18 hours ago · Synopsis. Following the defeat in recently held Assembly and Lok Sabha elections in the state, Biju Janata Dal (BJD) President Naveen Patnaik on Sunday issued orders for restructuring the BJD. Agencies. The Biju Janata Dala, which has ruled Odisha since 1997, lost to the BJP, breaking the 24-year-old reign of Naveen Patnaik as the Chief Minister.

  4. 14 hours ago · Biju Janata Dal president Naveen Patnaik has dissolved all state-level office bearers of the party and formed a fresh panel of spokespersons, following the BJD's dismal show in the recently concluded Lok Sabha and Assembly polls in Odisha. However, the district-level BJD officer bearers will continue to hold their offices, the former Odisha chief minister said.

  5. Jun 4, 2024 · Biju Janata Dal (BJD)lok sabha winner candidate. As the counting is underway in Odisha, BJP is emerging victorious in the state. If CM Patnaik wins this election, he would become India's longest serving Chief Minister.

  6. 4 days ago · The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) continues to be “equidistant from both the NDA and the INDIA bloc,” the party’s parliamentary leader Sasmit Patra said in an interview with The Hindu.

  7. Jun 5, 2024 · The BJP ended the Biju Janata Dal (BJD)'s reign by not only securing 78 of the state's 147 assembly seats but also claiming 20 out of 21 Lok Sabha seats.

  8. Apr 24, 2024 · The Biju Janata Dal in Odisha is campaigning hard to retain power in the assembly and to emerge ahead of the Bharatiya Janta Party in the Lok Sabha polls. And at the helm of the campaign is the former bureaucrat VK Pandian, following his chief minister Biju Patnaik.

  9. Jun 29, 2024 · Biju Janata Dal, regional political party in Odisha (Orissa) state, eastern India. The party, formed by the son of the late Odisha politician Bijayananda (Biju) Patnaik, does not profess any particular ideology. It focuses instead on the development of Odisha and a commitment to secularism.

  10. Jun 4, 2024 · With the saffron party leading in 76 seats, it was followed by the incumbent Biju Janata Dal leading in 53 seats. While Congress led in 12 seats, CPI(M) and Independent candidates led from the...