Bjd Dissent

On Tuesday, Bhubaneswar was rife with speculations that the dissident group within the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) was all set to topple the 12 year old Naveen Patnaik government while the Chief Minister was away in London on an eight-day official trip. By evening, the speculations appeared real when nearly 25 BJD MLAs including four ministers were found...

Amid reports that a powerful section within Odisha's ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) had fallen out with Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, the BJD chief is cutting short his London trip to firefight the dissent in his party. Sources say Mr Patnaik was supposed to reach Bhubaneswar on June 2, but will now reach the state capital tomorrow morning.

On Tuesday, Bhubaneswar was rife with speculations that the dissident group within the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) was all set to topple the 12 year old Naveen Patnaik government while the Chief Minister was away in London on an eight-day official trip. By evening, the speculations appeared real when nearly 25 BJD MLAs including four ministers were found...

Amid reports that a powerful section within Odisha's ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) had fallen out with Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, the BJD chief is cutting short his London trip to firefight the dissent in his party. Sources say Mr Patnaik was supposed to reach Bhubaneswar on June 2, but will now reach the state capital tomorrow morning.