Naveen Patnaik came out in strong defence of his close aide VK Pandian ...

Pandian, who was in the line of fire after humiliating poll debacle of the BJD in Odisha, announced his retirement from active politics in June last year. Pandian had joined the BJD on 28 November ...

In an oblique reference to former bureaucrat-turned-BJD leader V K Pandian, Samantaray blamed Patnaik’s “advisor” for the party’s about-turn on the Bill. Some other party leaders have also targeted ...

Former Odisha Chief Minister and BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday came out in defence of his former aide VK Pandian, saying he should not be criticised or blamed for anything related to the ...

Story continues below this ad Though Behera refused to take any specific names when asked who he was referring to as an “outside force”, it was seen as an oblique reference to V K Pandian, Patnaik’s ...

Biography: Arun Pandian is an Indian film actor, director, producer and politician. He began his career as an actor with the critically acclaimed film Oomai Vizhigal (1986). After retiring from ...