Key Takeaways
- The BJP will form the next government in Odisha, contesting all Assembly and Lok Sabha seats alone.
- The party’s main issue in the election will be ‘Odia pride and self-esteem’, led by Narendra Modi.
- BJP state President Manmohan Samal announced that the party will form the next government in Odisha, with the cooperation of the people of the state.
Bhubaneswar: Putting an end to all political speculations about the possible electoral alliance between the BJP and BJD in Odisha, BJP state President Manmohan Samal on Thursday said his party BJP will alone form the government in the state.
Samal and his team spent the last couple of days in Delhi, holding consultations with BJP central leaders. They returned to Bhubaneswar on Thursday morning, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP national President J P Nadda among them.
After he arrived in Bhubaneswar, Samal told the newsmen at the party’s state headquarters here that BJP alone will contest all the Assembly and Lok Sabha seats in the state.
He emphatically said with the blessings and cooperation of the people of the state, the BJP will form the next government in Odisha.
“BJP will fight the election in Odisha on the main issue of “Odia pride and self-esteem,” Samal said in reply to the query from the media persons.
He said with the cooperation of the people of the state and under the leadership of Narendra Modi, the BJP will alone form the government in the state.
