Begin typing your search above and press return to search.
exit_to_app
access_time 16 Dec 2025 9:38 AM IST
access_time 16 Dec 2025 8:22 AM IST
access_time 15 Dec 2025 11:00 PM IST
access_time 15 Dec 2025 10:33 PM IST
access_time 15 Dec 2025 9:45 PM IST
access_time 15 Dec 2025 9:32 PM IST
access_time 14 Dec 2025 5:08 PM IST
access_time 15 Dec 2025 4:14 PM IST
access_time 2 Dec 2025 4:24 PM IST
access_time 17 Nov 2025 12:34 PM IST
access_time 31 Oct 2025 12:34 PM IST
exit_to_app
Posted On
date_range 9 Aug 2018 3:20 PM IST Updated On
date_range 9 Aug 2018 3:20 PM ISTBJD to support NDA candidate for RS Deputy Chair's post
text_fieldsbookmark_border
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) President Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday said that his party will support the NDA canidate Harivansh Narayan Singh in the Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairperson's election on Thursday.
"We will support Janata Dal-United candidate for the Rajya Sabha post," the Chief Minister told reporters after arriving here from Mumbai.
He confirmed that he had spoken to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah a few days erlier regarding the election.
The BJD support is important as both the UPA and NDA don't have a majority in the upper house. The BJD has nine MPs in the Rajya Sabha.
The opposition parties have fielded Congress MP B.K. Hariprasad.
Next Story