Odisha BJP leaders meet Shah, Nadda amid chance of alliance with BJD | Politics Information

Odisha BJP leaders on Wednesday met Residence Minister Amit Shah and the social gathering’s nationwide president J P Nadda right here amid indications that it might enter an alliance for the Lok Sabha and meeting polls, that are held concurrently within the state, with the BJD.

Sources mentioned there’s a sturdy chance of an alliance between the BJP and the BJD however famous {that a} closing name must be taken by the highest brass of the nationwide social gathering relying on numerous elements, most significantly the variety of seats it would get to contest.

In case of an alliance, the BJP will certainly contest a majority of Lok Sabha seats within the state whereas the regional social gathering will contest a majority of meeting seats, they mentioned.

Odisha has 21 Lok Sabha seats and 147 meeting seats. The BJD and the BJP received 12 and eight parliamentary constituencies and 112 and 23 meeting constituencies respectively in 2019.

There was a rising buzz concerning the alliance between the 2 events, which have been allies up to now too.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik have publicly praised one another, most not too long ago throughout Modi’s rally within the state on Tuesday.

The BJD has additionally been largely supportive of the Modi authorities’s agenda in Parliament.

Leaders from different states are additionally assembly Shah and Nadda, together with Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh amongst others.

The BJP’s Central Election Committee, which incorporates Prime Minister Modi and different senior leaders, will maintain its second assembly later this week for finalising the social gathering’s candidates for the Lok Sabha polls.

It has thus far introduced candidates for 195 Lok Sabha seats out of the full 543.

First Printed: Mar 07 2024 | 12:43 AM IST