No Seat Sharing With BJD, BJP to Fight Alone in Odisha: Manmohan Samal

Bhubaneswar: Ending all speculations regarding the possibility of seat sharing with the BJD in Odisha, the president of the Odisha unit of the BJP today announced that it would fight the upcoming Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in the state alone.

In a post on his X handle, Odisha president of the BJP, Manmohan Samal wrote, “The Bharatiya Janata Party will go solo in all 21 Lok Sabha and 147 Assembly seats in Odisha in the upcoming twin polls.”

ଗତ ୧୦ ବର୍ଷ ଧରି ଶ୍ରୀ ନବୀନ ପଟ୍ଟନାୟକଙ୍କ ନେତୃତ୍ବରେ ଓଡ଼ିଶାର ବିଜୁ ଜନତା ଦଳ (ବିଜେଡି) ମାନ୍ୟବର ପ୍ରଧାନମନ୍ତ୍ରୀ ଶ୍ରୀ ନରେନ୍ଦ୍ର ମୋଦୀଙ୍କ ସରକାରଙ୍କୁ ରାଷ୍ଟ୍ରୀୟ ମହତ୍ତ୍ବ ଥିବା ଅନେକ ପ୍ରସଙ୍ଗରେ ସମର୍ଥନ କରିଆସୁଛି । ଏଥିପାଇଁ ଆମେ ତାଙ୍କୁ ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ ଜଣାଉଛୁ ।

ସମଗ୍ର ଦେଶରେ ଯେଉଁସବୁ ରାଜ୍ୟରେ ଡବଲ ଇଞ୍ଜିନ ସରକାର ରହିଛି…

— Manmohan Samal (Modi Ka Parivar) (@SamalManmohan7) March 22, 2024

Under the able leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the BJP will contest the elections alone to fulfill the aspirations of 4.5 crore Odias. The BJP’s motto is to bring rapid development to Odisha as well as India, Samal added.

The BJP leader thanked the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in Odisha for extending support to the BJP-led government at the Centre on various issues for last 10 years.

“We have observed that the states having BJP governments have achieved rapid progress. The BJP governments have done extremely well in the implementation of the welfare schemes introduced by the Narendra Modi government at the Centre. However, the benefits of many such schemes are yet to reach the common people in Odisha. We have many differences with the ruling BJD in Odisha on various issues,” said Samal while apparently explaining his party’s decision to go solo in Odisha in the 2024 polls.