Confident that the BJP was well on course to spring a poll surprise on the ruling BJD in the state, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday said his party will not only win all 21 Lok Sabha seats in the state but will also bring a change of guard at the helm.
Exuding confidence in the outcome of the Odisha Assembly elections, Biju Janata Dal leader VK Pandian said that his party will get more than a three-fourth majority in the polls, adding that people in the state have already fixed the June 9 date for Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's swearin
While Bihar recorded 8.86 per cent voter turnout, Jammu and Kashmir recorded 7.63 per cent, Jharkhand 11.68 per cent, Ladakh 10.51 per cent, Maharashtra 6.33 per cent Odisha 6.87 per cent and West Bengal 15.35 per cent, the poll body said.
Aparajita along with state BJP president Manmohan Samal, BJP national vice-president Baijayant Panda, Sambalpur LS candidate Dharmendra Pradhan and Balasore MP candidate Pratap Sarangi were part of the roadshow in Balasore on Saturday.
Biju Janata Dal leader and star campaigner of the party, VK Pandian on Sunday shared a comparative analysis of Gujarat and Odisha on various indicators, showing how Odisha is performing well ahead of Gujarat on various parameters.
"Odisha's natural wealth is coal and you take coal from Odisha but you have forgotten to increase the royalty in the last 10 years. The Prime Minister is remembering Odisha only at election time, which will be of no use. Do you remember the promises you made in 2014 and 2019?" Naveen Patnaik
Odisha Chief Minister and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) supremo Naveen Patnaik on Saturday confidently claimed that the BJP won't secure a victory in Odisha for the next decade.
Chhattisgarh CM Vishnu Deo Sai on Thursday expressed confidence in the BJP's victory in Odisha's Lok Sabha and Assembly elections, stating that the BJP will form the government in Odisha and win most Lok Sabha seats.