Claiming that BJP has made steady inroads into Scheduled castes and areas inhabited by tribals in Odisha, BJP president JP Nadda on Saturday said the party would form Government in the State “very soon”.
Assembly polls in Odisha, though, are still far off in 2024.
Nadda said in 2014 Vidhan Sabha, BJP had recieved 18 per cent votes, while in 2019, it rose to 32 Percent.
“The day is not far when we will come there in the government very soon,” said BJP President J.P. Nadda while addressing Odisha's state executive meeting through video conference.
“We need to aim for over 50 per cent votes in the state,” he told the executive attendees.
BJP president said patients from Odisha need not come to Delhi for treatment as they can get treated at Bhubaneswar AIIMS, for which credit goes to former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee and PM Narendra Modi, he said.
Detailing his party's progress in Odisha, he said, “We are happy that in the Lok Sabha elections we got around one crore votes here. In the same manner, today we have increased our sphere of influence in the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes where there are 33 seats,” he said.
Nadda claimed that BJP workers in Odisha have distributed nearly 7 lakh ration kits, 60,000 sanitizers, 5.5 lakh masks and food packets during the past few months.
Attacking the BJD Government in the state, he alleged, “I'm saddened that we've not been allowed to implement the Ayushman Bharat in Odisha.
There are 2.4 crore people who could've benefited from the Rs 5 lakh medical coverage.” He said said.
“I call upon CM Shri Naveen Patnaik to allow PM Modi's scheme to reach the poor and needy,” Nadda said.