Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) is confident of a ‘historic’ victory in the ensuing Assembly and Lok Sabha elections in the state under the leadership of party president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. On Sunday, (BJD) organisational secretary Pranab Prakash Das further said that the people of Odisha are keen for Naveen Patnaik to continue as the Chief Minister for the sixth time in a row.
Das claimed that, over the years, people’s trust in Naveen Patnaik has increased manifold and this is reflected in the fact that more than 10,000 people, including many professionals and members of national parties, have applied for BJD tickets to contest the coming elections.
“It is a matter of happiness that several professionals and leaders of national political parties are applying for BJD tickets. We strongly believe that the BJD is moving towards a historic victory in this election with the blessings of 4.5 crore people of Odisha,” Das said.
This huge number of applications is an indication of that Naveen Patnaik’s popularity is increasing and people’s trust in his leadership is growing, the BJD organisational secretary wrote on his X handle.
“The people of Odisha have already decided to install Naveen Babu as the Chief Minister for the sixth time in a row,” Das said, adding that BJD is all set to register a ‘massive victory’ in the upcoming elections.
The BJD leader added that all the national-level survey reports in recent years have found Naveen Patnaik as the No. 1 Chief Minister of the country.
Similarly, by winning more than 52 per cent of the votes in the 2022 panchayat elections, BJD has proved that it is the No. 1 political party in the state, he said.
