Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Mon💞day congratulated Prime𒁃 Minister Narendra Modi for the BJP's victory in three states in the recent assembly elections.
Patnaik, who is✅ also the president of the ruling Biju Janata Dal in Odisha, spoke to the PM over the phone and conveyed his greetings to Modi, an official release issued by the CM🉐O said.
The BJP has won recently held assembly ไelections in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, the results of which were 𝓰announced on Sunday.
However, the BJD also asserted that the res🐠ults will have no impact on Odisha politics or the electoral prospects of the ruling party in the eastern state.
"No state has a leader♛ of the stature of Naveen Patnaik. The recent state assembly electi🦩ons will have no impact on Odisha, according to my assessment," BJD MP Amar Patnaik said in a statement.
The BJP is the main opposition party in Odisha.
In a press conference, BJP Odisha unit president Manmohan Samal claimed that the saffron party wil𝓰l form the government in Odisha next year.
Odisha assembly elec⛦tions are due along with Lok Sabha polls early🍒 next year.
Samaꦕl claimed that Modi has immense popularity in Odisha and that will reflect on the polls. He alleged that the state government was knee-deep in corruption.
"The🀅 Modi government has sanctioned nearꦇly Rs 19 lakh crores for Odisha in the last nine years but the funds were not utilised properly. Many youths have migrated to other states for work," he said.
Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) presidꦰent Sarat Pattnayak, on the other hand, claimed the grand old party will oust the BꦍJD from power.
"The Congress defeated a regional party in Telangana and this will be repeated in Odisha," Pattnay💯ak said, adding 🏅people have now realised the BJD and the BJP were two sides of a coin.
-With PTI Input
