BJP forges truce with Odisha`s Naveen Patnaik |
Despite putting in all efforts, the Bharatiya Janata Party could not win Odisha Assembly elections held simultaneously with the 2019 general elections, and now seems to have chosen a risky truce with its arch rival BJD. The party has mysteriously silenced all its guns that blazed full-throated before the polls and extended an olive branch to the BJD president and Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik. The multi-crore chit fund scam and mining irregularities happened under the nose of the Naveen Patnaik government during its third and fourth stints spanning from 2004 to 2014, but surprisingly, the BJP has never made much use of these ammunition, allowing the BJD chief to build around himself an invincible citadel. The late recharge that came following outburst of anger by party`s grassroots leaders brought 8 of the 21 Lok Sabha seats and 23 of the 147 Assembly constituencies. The tactical Naveen, despite being attacked vociferously by the BJP during the poll campaign, has supported Prime Minister Narendra Modi`s One Nation and One Poll proposal and also extended support to NDA nominee as Lok Sabha Speaker nominee Om Birla. Now its upto BJP leaders to decide whether to go with Patnaik or to strengthen their own positions before the next elections.
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