After sweeping Orissa elections, Naveen Patnaik sworn in as the state's Chief Minister for the third time on Thrusday. He took oath both in the Lok Sabha and in the state assembly. Of the 147 assembly seats the BJD alone got 103, Congress got 27 and BJP could manage only six seats. In the Lok Sabha elections the BJD got 14 seats, Congress got six, BJP got none and CPI got one.
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BJP has alleged BJD leader and Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik of violating model code of conduct by granting a mining lease to the South Korean steel giant POSCO. BJP says there has been a massive kickback and claims that the South Korean steel giant massively funded the ruling BJD's election campaign in return for the lease.
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It is not just the election heat that is bothering candidates in Orissa, it is also the abnormally high temperatures. Orissa is now experiencing a searing heat wave with temperatures touching 45 degrees in some areas.
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Kandhamal, the Orissa district that was hit by anti-Christian violence last year showed its faith in the democratic system with a massive voter turnout on the first phase polling on Thursday. Ninety per cent of those living in refugee camps came to vote, 50 per cent all over the district.
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The split in the BJP-BJD alliance has brought a royal feud to the fore in Orissa's Bolangir district. As many as five members of the royal family are contesting the Lok Sabha election and they're fighting each other.
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In Orissa, Kandhamal is the preferred campaign destination of top leaders across political parties. Rajnath Singh, Rahul Gandhi and Naveen Patnaik have all addressed crowds here over the last one week. Orissa's chief minister Naveen Patnaik said, "After Kandhamal, it became very difficult to continue with the BJP as an alliance and when they made unrealistic seats demands, BJD decided to break the alliance."
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After its split with the BJD in Orissa, the BJP seems doing everything in its power to strengthen its base in the state. After Advani, the party had its star campaigner Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi addressing as many as five public meetings across the state on Sunday.
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As the crowds waited in Bhubaneswar, Pawar did not take off from Nashik. His party said that Pawar's plane couldn't take off . The immobile Pawar used his mobile to make a long distance address.
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After Tuesday's killer tornado that claimed 15 lives, politicians are thronging the state of Orissa. Hundreds of victims are still out on the streets, waiting for help.
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Manoj Pradhan is booked in more than a dozen cases of murder and arson. He is the prime accused in the Kandhamal riots in which many Christians were killed. He is also the BJP's candidate for the communally sensitive G Udayagiri Assembly seat.
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BJD chief and Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is now blaming saffron parties for the violence against Christians in Kandhamal giving rise to the speculation that the (Bharatiya Janata Party) BJP-BJD split was not merely over seat-sharing disagreements. During his first election rally held in Ganjam district of Orissa after the BJP-BJD split Naveen Patnaik said that Bajrang Dal was responsible for the Kandhamal violence.
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Naveen Patnaik won the trust vote, but not before there were unruly scenes inside the Orissa assembly. Amidst pandemonium, the speaker suddenly called for a voice vote and Naveen was declared the winner.
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