Pyarimohan Mohapatra

• BJD leader Pyarimohan Mohapatra expelled from party

  The state executive committee of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) which met in Bhubaneswar today for the first time in two years expelled Rajya Sabha MP Pyarimohan Mohapatra from the party for anti-party activities.

• Odisha: Rebel leader terms his suspension 'worst kind of treachery'

  Suspended Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MP Pyarimohan Mohapatra, who was till recently a close confidant of Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik, has termed his expulsion from the party as the "worst kind of treachery."

• Naveen Patnaik punishes rebel leader, two ministers sacked too

  Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today sought to send out a strong message that he will brook no dissent by sacking two ministers and suspending two party MLAs and Rajya Sabha member Pyarimohan Mohapatra.

• Blog: A coup that never happened

  On Tuesday, Bhubaneswar was rife with speculations that the dissident group within the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) was all set to topple the 12 year old Naveen Patnaik government while the Chief Minister was away in London on an eight-day official trip. By evening, the speculations appeared real when nearly 25 BJD MLAs including four ministers were found...

• Revolt in BJD ranks against Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik?

  A powerful section within the part has fallen out with Naveen Patnaik and has reportedly garnered the support of about 60 of the 104 BJD MLAs. Sources have told NDTV that dissidents have also mustered the support of 17 Congress legislators and three Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLAs - enough oust Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, and form a gove...