Union Minister Smriti Irani, state cabinet minister Prahlad Singh Patel, BJP MLAs Brijendra Pratap Singh and Sanjay Pathak were present on the occasion.
"Whatever bill was presented in the Parliament, BJD supported which signifies that BJD has always supported BJP. People know that BJP and BJD are one...This time Odisha voters are in the line of Congress," said Jeypore MLA and Senior Congress Leader Taraprasad Bahinipati.
Congress MLA Mohana Dasarathi Gomango has said that the people of Odisha will make the Congress party victorious in the upcoming Assembly elections in the state.
Senior Congress leader and Industry Minister, Harshwardhan Chauhan claimed that the BJP is "daydreaming" and the people will give befitting replies to the six legislators who left the Congress.
Former Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur has claimed that if by-elections are held on the nine assembly seats in Himachal Pradesh, the Bharatiya Janata Party will also come to power in the state along with that in Centre.
Former AIADMK minister and Madurai West MLA Sellur K Raju on Tuesday came down heavily on the ruling DMK, accusing it of extortion from business establishments and a lack of development initiatives.
"The party MLAs on Tuesday met Arvind Kejriwal's wife, Sunita Kejriwal and asserted that the Delhi chief minister should continue to run the government from jail and not step down," Saurabh Bharadwaj said while addressing a press conference in the national capital.
Exuding confidence that he is going to win the elections, Bandyopadhyay said, "I have won elections five times earlier. I have been an MLA four times. My wife has been an MLA 4 times. I know how to win elections. Mamata Banerjee is our leader. Her acceptance has increased 1,000 times in West
Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections in the country, four people including former Yaiskul MLA Elangbam Chand Singh, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sagolsem Achouba Singh, Advocate Oinam Hemanta Singh and Thoudam Debadatta Singh joined Congress.
The BJP party on Monday filed a complaint against the TMC MLA from Baruipur Purba Assembly constituency, Bivas Sardar, with the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer after the MLA allegedly threatened to conduct and conclude the voting 15 days before the actual vote.
Former MLA of Tumkur Rural Assembly Constituency H Ningappa will join Janata Dal (Secular) on Tuesday morning, said former Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy.