Baijayant panda biography of mahatma gandhi

Baijayant “Jay” Panda, his wife Jagi Mangat Panda and his brother, Subhrakant Panda own more than 96% share in Odisha Television Limited, the company that broadcasts Odisha TV – a news television channel along with a few other channels.

Jay and Jagi Panda are considered the power couple in Odisha. The husband is a founder-member of Biju Janata Dal, the splinter group of the erstwhile Janata Dal, founded by the current Chief Minister, Naveen Patnaik. Patnaik and Panda, were once family friends.

Baijayant panda biography of mahatma gandhi

However, the two drifted apart soon after Patnaik returned as the Chief Minister of the state of Odisha. Patnaik questioned Panda’s industrial interests, and acted on allegations that Panda was spreading about Patnaik’s health and well-being, clearly to weaken him and compromise his position.

Also, Panda, leveraging his position as the owner of Odisha’s largest news television channel OTV, was easily seen as cozying up to the Bharatiya Janata Pa