Bhubaneswar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has urged Odisha BJP leaders to dedicate themselves completely for a month to ensure the party’s victory in the simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in the state.
Party state president Manmohan Samal said after the meeting on Thursday night that Shah held an important meeting with BJP leaders from 13 parliamentary constituencies here on Thursday night and urged them to keep aside their differences and work together.
“Odisha needs a healthy, young and Odia-speaking chief minister,” Bhubaneswar MP Aparajita Sarangi told reporters, quoting Shah.
The party’s MP candidates from Jajpur, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Dhenkanal, Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Keonjhar, Bhadrak, Puri, Aska and Brahmapur participated in the meeting.
During the meeting, Shah asked the party candidates to go door-to-door and meet the common people. Sources said he assured that the central leadership will provide all possible help to form the BJP government in the state.
Samal said Shah insisted on winning all 21 Lok Sabha seats in the state and securing majority in the assembly elections to form the next government in Odisha.
“The state government is looting the central government’s money and everyone should come together and take a decision to realize Modiji’s dream,” a leader said, quoting Shah.
Justifying his optimism about the BJP’s prospects in Odisha, Shah pointed out that the party’s vote share was between 32 to 34 per cent, which he considered sufficient for development and governance in the state.
BJP in-charge Sunil Bansal, BJP election in-charge Vijay Pal Singh Tomar, former president Sameer Mohanty, MLA Mohan Majhi, woman leader Prabhati Parida and others were present in the meeting.
