Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday claimed that Odisha people’s endorsement to Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the highest in the country.
“The BJP’s good performance in the recently-held panchayat polls and spontaneous presence of a very large number of people to greet the Prime Minister during party’s national executive meet indicate that people have endorsed the Prime Minister’s welfare programmes for the poor. It is a good sign for the party and, hence, workers should work hard to transform this into votes,” Pradhan said on the concluding day of the party’s State unit executive meeting.
He said the panchayat elections have made it clear that people are heading for a Government change in the State. Pro-poor schemes like supply of lPG gas to rural women and installation of toilets have been highly accepted by people in Odisha. This acceptance would certainly be translated into votes in 2019 general elections, hoped Pradhan.
He too stated the Modi Government has provided the highest amount of assistances for development of the railway sector in Odisha.