Naveen’s guarantees in Odisha more impactful than that of Modi: BJD
The Hindu
Criticising the BJP’s manifesto for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, senior BJD leader said Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s guarantees are more impactful in the State than that of Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Criticising the BJP’s manifesto for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, senior BJD leader and former Odisha Minister Padmanabha Behera said Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s guarantees are more impactful in the State than that of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Earlier in the day, PM Modi released the BJP's Lok Sabha poll manifesto, outlining his vision for ‘Viksit Bharat’ as he exhorted people to give another mandate to his party to shape India’s 'destiny' for the next 1,000 years.
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Describing the party’s ‘Sankalp Patra’ as a document of his guarantee, Mr. Modi highlighted the achievements of 10 years of his government at the Centre and said the BJP has delivered on every promise it made so far.
“Here, only Naveen’s guarantees will work and no other guarantees will work in Odisha. The BJD will win more seats than the last assembly elections,” Mr. Behera told media persons on Sunday.
The Lok Sabha and Assembly polls are held simultaneously in Odisha.
Of the 21 Lok Sabha seats in the state, the BJD won 12, the BJP got eight and the Congress secured one in the 2019 elections.
The Election Commission of India will hold a press conference on June 3, a day before the counting of votes polled in the Lok Sabha polls. Till the 2019 parliamentary polls, deputy election commissioners used to hold media briefings after each phase of polls, but the practice has been done away with.