The Janata Dal (United) State president Chitta Ranjan Mohanty on Saturday said national parties like the BJP and the Congress as enemies of Odisha and appealed to people not to vote both the parties in the ensuing elections.
“The parties are misleading the people saying that they will form Government at the Centrethough they may not get 150 seats each in the lok Sabha polls,” said Mohanty.
JD(U) leader and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had approved the formation of the East Coast Railway in Odisha. Similarly, JD(U) president Sharad Yadav had introduced direct purchase of paddy by the FCI when he was the Union Minister of Food and Supplies. “We urge the voters of the State to exercise their franchise in favour of the left democratic forces by rejecting the Congress and the BJP,” Mohanty added.