Our Mission
The Biju Janata Dal, founded on Biju Babu's ideals has flourished under the inspiring leadership of party president Shri Naveen Patnaik into people’s movement. It has become a beacon of hope and trust for four and a half crore people of Odisha. With the blessings of people of Odisha, it excelled in several spheres and scaling new peaks of development every day. Biju Janata Dal is the only party in the country whose popularity is touching new heights, year after year.
With its inclusive policies, welfare initiatives, it has endeared itself to masses and earned complete trust of the people of the state. The mass movement is possible because of dedication and commitment of lakhs of party workers spread across the state who have worked diligently with complete commitment to the path shown by legendary Biju Patnaik. Service to the people is the only agenda the party has which it has never wavered. The party workers are committed to serve the motherland and its people, giving top most priority to the Odisha’s progress, Odisha’s glory, Odisha’s glorious language, culture and heritage.
Odisha has seen huge transformations across sectors in two and half decades. This transformation has evinced keen interest across the country to know about Odisha’s remarkable transformative journey.
Two decades ago, the ferocious winds of the Super Cyclone ripped through Odisha, it left behind a trail of devastation. That did not sap our spirit, rather gave birth to a spirit of resilience, a dogged determination to build an Empowered Odisha, New Odisha. Many such devastating natural disasters tested the disaster hit state’s resilience, but through timely preparedness and swift action, Odisha emerged stronger. From a state of helplessness and despondency in the face of vagaries of nature, Odisha stood stronger and showed the world how to save lives in every disaster-be it super-cyclone or Covid. Now Odisha is a global model in disaster management.
From almost nil investment two and half decades ago, Odisha has emerged as favourite destination for investment. Today, Odisha is the Aluminum Capital of South Asia and the Steel Hub of the country. Apartment from emerging as a prime destination for manufacturing investment, Odisha is attracting investment in semiconductor and other frontier technologies.
Two and half decades ago, when the party was elected to serve the people, Odisha was in a severe financial mess. Now, Odisha is known across the country for excellence in fiscal management.
Earlier, Odisha evoked the picture of abject poverty and malnutrition. KBK region was glamorized in media as a postcard of poverty, mal-nutrition. But now this region is scaling new peaks of development every day--emerging as a rice bowl of the country. Odisha has managed to reduce multi-dimensional poverty in Odisha by 48 percent in the last decade alone. More than one crore people escaped poverty during this period.
From a ship-to-mouth situation, we have come a long way to become the third largest contributor to the nation’s PDS.
From a non-existent player in a sports ecosystem, Odisha has emerged as a model in sports development. We are building an enviable sports ecosystem in the country.
When the national hockey teams reached the podium after more than four decades in the Olympics, Odisha also basked in the glory of the nation with its partnership.
Today, Odisha has emerged as a unique model in women empowerment. After empowering more than 70 lakh women under Mission Shakti, Odisha is embarking on a new journey to make them entrepreneurs.
Biju Janata Dal is one of the pioneers in women empowerment reserving one-third seats for women in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. More than 50 percent of women are getting elected to grassroots democratic institutions.
With Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana, Odisha is ensuring that even the poorest person is not scared by the cost of treatment.
Odisha School Transformation programme with modern facilities and technologies have added wings to the dreams of the future citizens of the state and encouraged them to dream big.
When Biju Janata Dal embarked on this journey of transformation, it made people as partners in progress with a singular vision-A New Odisha, an Empowered Odisha. The transformative journey is a journey of empowerment of each and every individual of Odisha. Today, Odisha is at the cusp of a new era. It is committed to building a New Odisha by 2036 that will be a guiding light to the entire nation on empowerment.