simultaneous polls

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pitch for simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections has been strongly backed by the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), while some other opposition parties termed the suggestion as "impractical". Modi has…

Bhubaneswar: BJP State Vice-President Sameer Mohanty today wrote to Kharvela Nagar police here saying that he would cooperate with the cops in connection with the circulation of ‘fake’ Intelligence report on Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s…

New Delhi: Odisha’s ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) today supported the idea of simultaneous polls to Lok Sabha and state assemblies, albeit with certain riders. Deposing before the Law Commission -- that has invited all national and state…

Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) will place its stand on the proposed idea of simultaneous polls to the Lok Sabha and the state assemblies before the Law Commission on July 10. This was informed to the media by BJD’s Lok Sabha MP…