BJP leader Sambit Patra apologizes for calling Lord Jagannath a devotee of PM Modi, faces backlash and penance.
Congress party accused the BJP of exploiting religious sentiments for political gain and warned that "hero-worship is the ...
Patra, the BJP candidate from Puri Lok Sabha seat, landed in a row in Odisha on Monday after he told a local news channel ...
Following outrage over his remark that “Lord Jagannath is Modi’s bhakt”, which he later clarified was a “slip of the tongue”, ...
Embroiled in a controversy over his ”slip of the tongue” on Lord Jagannath, BJP leader and party’s Puri Lok Sabha candidate ...
BJP's Puri candidate Sambit Patra, who courted controversy after his remark that the state's most revered deity is a "devotee ...
BJP national spokesperson and Puri Lok Sabha candidate Sambit Patra caught himself in the eye of a storm after remarking that ...
Sambit Patra sparked controversy with his comment suggesting that Lord Jagannath is a ‘Bhakt’ of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ...
BJP leader Sambit Patra, in a slip of the tongue, said that the revered Hindu god Jagannath is the "bhakt" (devotee) of ...
BJP Sambit Patra said he was apologetic and he would offer penance in the name of Lord Jagannath as an apology ...
The Odisha Congress hit out at BJP leader Sambit Patra for calling Lord Jagannath a devotee of PM Modi. Though the comment ...
Patra’s accidental remark drew sharp criticism from Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik, who called it an “insult” to the Lord. Patra ...