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In at least 18 Assembly seats, BJD has replaced sitting MLAs or senior leaders with their wives or children, with party insiders saying that sidelining them completely might have led to some of them defecting to BJP
Bhubaneswar: In a significant move towards women’s empowerment, the BJD has nominated more than two dozen women candidates for the 2024 general electi.
Bhubaneswar: Damodar Rout, a seven-time former MLA and ex-minister in the BJD govt, died at a private hospital, here on Friday, a day after he suffere.
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Expelled for “anti-party” activities, Rout was reinstated on “sympathy grounds” as he receives treatment for age-related ailments. The seven-time MLA is known for his incendiary remarks, for which he was reprimanded by the party several times