Jay Panda

Lok Sabha Speaker accepts former BJD MP Baijayant Panda's resignation; strength of House down to 533 ahead of trust vote

Ten seats are lying vacant in Lok Sabha and therefore the majority mark in the Lower House now stands at 266. Baijayant Panda, who represented the Kendrapara constituency in Odisha, had resigned on 12 June.

BJD MP Jay Panda quits party with 'deep anguish and sorrow'; accuses members of derailing 'original philosphy'

Biju Janta Dal (BJD) MP Baijayant Jay Panda has resigned from his party on Monday.

Jay Panda's suspension gives a fillip to BJP; however significant challenges remain in its Odisha Mission 120+

BJP doesn’t have a face in Odisha. Dharmendra Pradhan and Giridhar Gomango do not enjoy state wide mass appeal.

'Could not find a single person against demonetisation, got a lot of flak for reporting this fact', says Jay Panda

In a 40 minute talk at Columbia University, Jay Panda spoke on demonetisation, GST, the arithmetic of political capital, the common misinterpretation of Modi’s strengths and the building blocks for an economy to reach critical mass.

EVM tampering: Opposition parties have failed to take defeat sportingly, put EC image in dock

The shrillness with which the 16 political parties are alleging EVM tampering essentially suggests that they have not reconciled to the defeat in recent rounds of Assembly and local bodies elections.

BJD MP Jay Panda says will return salary proportional to time wasted in Parliament disruptions

The country is losing lots of money because of the disruptions in Parliament. So, this is my symbolic gesture," Panda said.

Twitter love trumps party divides: Check out this exchange between 3 netas

In this time of bitter political divides, where every politician has something vitriolic to say about the other, this Twitter exchange came as a nice surprise.

'Utterly puerile, is ban on EC next?': Modi on opinion poll ban

The proposed ban on opinion polls is another reflection of UPA's disconnect with public opinion, says Narendra Modi.

Cyclone Phailin: We must all follow lessons Patnaik learned from 1999

The devastation caused by the 1999 supercylone was taken as a lesson by the Odisha government with great success. Now the success of the response to Phailin must be taken as a lesson too.

Impact of cyclone Phailin minimized by good planning: Jay Panda

Speaking to <em>CNN-IBN</em>, Panda said that the number of casualties was much lower than what it may have been thanks to the fact that lakhs of people had been moved to cyclone relief centres.