Odia

Former MP takes a dig at Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik, says those who cannot speak Odia have no right to rule state

Defending Patnaik, senior BJD leader and Agriculture minister Damodar Rout hit back at the former MP, and claimed that the chief minister knows Odia better than Parida.

BJD MP Tathagata Satpathy questions imposition of Hindi, responds in Odia to central govt invitation

On Saturday, Tathagata Satpathy, a Biju Janata Dal leader, replied in Odia to Union minister Narendra Singh Tomar's letter, which was written in Hindi, as reported by Hindustan Times. In doing so, Satpathy restarted the debate on the imposition of Hindi language

Odisha's language limbo: How Naveen Patnaik foiled a 300-day old agitation for use of Odia in official business

It all started with a fast-unto-death started by Patnagarh based poet and activist Gajanan Mishra and some others demanding ‘official language’ status for Odia on 1 July 2015.

Will implement Odia for official businesses; govt committed to promote language: Patnaik

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said his government will implement Odia language in transaction of official business.

How to avoid local lingo and still succeed: Ask Naveen Patnaik

As strategy it works. It keeps the pesky party workers at a distance and it adds to his mystique.