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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will fight alone in the upcoming polls and will form the Government in the State, Odisha BJP President Manmohan Samal said on Thursday.
Though Samal’s statement has led one to believe that the week-long speculation of a possible electoral alliance with the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) regional party has been put to rest, there is no word from BJD on alliance theory so far.
The assertive statement of Samal on X (formerly Twitter), a day after holding discussion with union home minister Amit Shah at New Delhi assumes political significance given the fact that political environment in the State was surcharged amidst possible tie-up of the saffron party and BJD to fight the upcoming polls on seat sharing basis in 147 Assembly and 21 Lok Sabha seats.
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“BJP will fight polls alone will form the Government in Odisha with the blessings and good wishes of crores of people of the State. The party will fight the election to uphold Odia self-esteem and pride and will shoulder the responsibility of each and every Odia” Odisha BJP Chief Samal asserted in the ‘X’ handle.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Odisha on 5 March had addressed Naveen Patnaik as “lokpriya” (popular) chief minister and it had fuelled speculation of a possibility of an electoral tie-up between BJD and BJP. The alliance between the saffron party and the regional party had parted ways and broke up just before the 2009 Lok Sabha polls. Both the parties had entered into a successful poll alliance from 2000 to 2009.
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