Bhubaneswar, March 22: After the BJP cleared air on possible alliance between BJD and BJP, the Governing BJD today said it will fight in all Lok Sabha and Assembly constituencies of the State.
“BJD will contest in all 147 assembly constituencies and all 21 Lok Sabha constituencies with the support of people of Odisha and win more than three fourth seats under the leadership of Shri Naveen Patnaik,” said BJD Organizational Secretary Pranab Prakash Das.
With the blessings of Lord Jagannatha and the faith of people of Odisha, BJD has been serving the state and transforming it like never before in every sector, he said.
BJD will continue to take decisions keeping people of Odisha in the forefront always and their welfare in true spirit of cooperative federalism and statesmanship required for nation building, the senior BJD leader said.
“New Odisha and Empowered Odisha will be our goal and we are on track to achieve this under the leadership of our leader Naveen Patnaik,” he added.
Earlier in the day, taking it to social media site X, State BJP President Manmohan Samal had said that BJP will fight alone this time in all 21 Lok Sabha and 147 Assembly seats to create a developed India and a developed Odisha under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to fulfill the hopes, aspirations and aspirations of four and a half crore Odias.
“We feel that in all the States across the country where double engine governments have been formed, development and welfare work has been accelerated and the respective States are also making progress in all areas,” he said.
From the clarification from both the camps, it is now all clear that both the BJD and BJP will fight alone in the ensuing elections in Odisha. Now all eyes are on the stand of the Chief Minister and top BJP brasses against each other. Will they criticise each other during election campaigns or continue to avoid making any direct critical comment against each other.