BJP VP Baijayant Panda calls upon party workers in Odisha work in unison for victory in rural polls

By Sukanta Mohanty

BHUBANESWAR, FEB. 10: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP0 national vice president Baijayant Jay Panda on Thursday urged the party workers to work in unison to ensure victory of their candidates in the forthcoming rural polls in Odisha.

Addressing a virtual rally, Baijayant said, “BJP has always given the country importance ahead of any individual. On that basis, candidates have been selected for the forthcoming polls. I urge all the party members to work together in order to ensure their victory which will be in the interest of Odisha and the country.”

“The BJP has emerged as the largest political party in the globe due to this kind of thought by the party workers. All the workers, who toil hard for the party, get the opportunity to work towards the development of the country in due course of time. With this kind of attitude, the party workers should approach the election,” said Baijayant.

He also urged the party workers to take advantage of the anti-incumbency factor against the ruling BJD in the state.

“The BJD has been running the government in Odisha for the last 22 years and the anti-incumbency factor is against the ruling party. In the last by-elections we have seen public ire against them. Though the ruling party has managed to win those elections by using muscle power, money power and misusing the administration, the vote share of BJP has increased. It reflects the underlying public support for BJP and the party workers should cash in on it,” said Baijayant.

Stating that the image of the BJD had nosedived to an all-time low with some of their ministers allegedly getting involved in crimes like rape, murder and other illegal activities, the saffron party leader said people were looking for an alternative.

Baijayant also asked the party workers to make people aware how the state government was trying to “hijack” various schemes by the Union government.

“Odisha has received the highest ever allocation in the recent Railway budget. The Union government is also successful in providing pipe water connectivity to crores of people. The Narendra Modi government is also providing houses to people under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. However, the state government is trying to hijack all these schemes of the Union government. We should make people aware about this reality,” he said.