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In a massive charge BJD leader and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s close aide V K Pandian has alleged that the opposition BJP is not fighting elections in Odisha to win polls but to increase its seat number with an intention to break the Biju Janata Dal after elections.
This was stated by the bureaucrat turned politician while meeting a group of television channel journalists at Gopalpur in Ganjam district reported PTI.
“They (BJP) had a slogan of securing 120 assembly seats in 2014 but failed. I do not know their target for 2019. But, for 2024, they have been fighting elections to win 50/60 seats and aim to break BJD after the elections. This is their poll strategy,” Pandian told journalists.
BJP for the record engineered spilt of the Shiv Sena of Uddhav Thackeray and NCP of Sharad Pawar by backing their rebel Leaders current Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi at rally in Odisha recently said there would be BJP CM in Odisha on June 10, 2024 .
