While addressing a rally in Cuttack, PM Modi claimed that the people of Odisha will create a new history by electing the BJP's first Chief Minister in the state.
Lashing out at ruling Biju Janata Dal led by Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that a double double engine government is going to be formed for the first time in non-BJP ruled state.
Prime Minister Modi said that four members of the Gandhi family, including former Prime Ministers Jawahar Lal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi fiddled with the Constitution for their own political goals.
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.
On Monday morning, voting began across 35 Assembly seats and 5 Lok Sabha constituencies amid tight security and arrangements. Bharatiya Janata Party MLA candidate from Rourkela Assembly Constituency, Dilip Ray, cast the first vote at the Sundargarh booth in Rourkela district of Odisha.
Hundreds of people lined up on both sides of the road and on terraces to get a glimpse of the Prime Minister, waving cut-out Modi posters and waving the party flag.
"The purpose of the flag march is to enable people to vote fearlessly. Those creating ruckus will be dealt with strictly. We have 153 booths in 71 locations, and CAPF will be deployed on all booths as per the instructions of the ECI," an official said.
"I am very confident that this time around the youth of Odisha will vote for the BJP both at the Centre as well as the state, and once the double-engine government comes into existence, here the flagship programme of the Modi government focused on employment generation, rapid economic prospe
This time, I am confident, even several political analysts are also saying that the BJP will register strong wins on Odisha Lok Sabha seats. After 75 years BJP government will be formed with a clear majority in Odisha," Rajnath Singh said.