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Kendrapara (Odisha): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is on an upward trajectory in Odisha and it does not make sense for the party to go for an alliance with the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in such a scenario, Baijayant Jay Panda, party national vice-president and Odisha Lok Sabha candidate from Kendrapara told ThePrint in an exclusive interview...
In the interview, Panda also spoke about how people in Odisha are approaching the question over lack of clarity about who will be Chief Minister and BJD chief Naveen Patnaiks successor, the reason for Patnaiks success in the state, who could be the BJPs chief minister face and the enthusiasm around Ram Mandir in the state...
According to Panda, one of the key questions that the people of Odisha are grappling with is who will be Naveen Patnaiks successor, and lack of clarity on this is damaging the party...
The BJP national vice president added that all of Odisha knows that for the past 8-9 years or so, V.K. Pandian, an IAS officer who has been Patnaiks principal secretary, has been running the show behind the scenes.. the widespread belief is that Pandian is his (CMs) successor..
But Naveen Patnaik has to clarify This is the question people of Odisha keep asking repeatedly because none of the leadership has been allowed to grow beyond a point to take the BJD forward to the next generation, into the next era, Panda said.. Now, it is upto Naveen Patnaik and the BJD to answer who is the successor...
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