Archive · 3 Oct 2026
Naveen Patnaik Urges BJD to Expand Media Outreach
Naveen Patnaik leads the BJD party in Odisha.
He met with the party’s media team and asked them to share the party’s messages more widely.
He said they should use social media, newspapers and television or radio.
The BJD wants people to hear its views about the state government.
The party also plans campaigns across the state.
It says many people are dissatisfied with the BJP government.
Patnaik told the team to explain issues affecting Odisha and act as a responsible opposition party.
Several senior BJD leaders attended the meeting.
BJD president Naveen Patnaik met with the party’s newly constituted media cell coordinator team on Saturday.
He urged the team to use social, print and electronic media to raise issues concerning Odisha.
The party said it would communicate its views on the state government’s functioning and what it considers failures.
The meeting decided to use mass campaigns to highlight what the BJD described as growing public dissatisfaction with the BJP government.
Patnaik asked the team to build public awareness and strengthen the BJD’s role as a “responsible Opposition.”
- Who
- BJD president Naveen Patnaik and the party’s media cell coordinator team
- What
- Patnaik urged the team to expand the party’s outreach through social, print and electronic media and mass campaigns.
- When
- Saturday; no date is specified.
- Where
- Odisha; the meeting location is not specified.
- Why
- To raise awareness of issues affecting Odisha, communicate the BJD’s views on the state government and strengthen the party’s role as a responsible Opposition.
BJD’s assessment
BJP government’s perspective
Assessment of the state government
BJD’s assessment
The BJD said it would highlight failures of the BJP government and what it described as growing public dissatisfaction.
BJP government’s perspective
The article gives no response or assessment from the BJP government.
- Party
- Biju Janata Dal (BJD)
- Party president
- Naveen Patnaik
- Media channels
- Social media, print media and electronic media
- Planned outreach
- Mass campaigns across Odisha
- Government discussed
- The BJP government in Odisha
- Meeting attendees
- Senior leaders assigned responsibilities in media coordinator teams