Odisha: War of words erupts between BJD, BJP over delay in announcing candidates

Bhubaneswar, April 1 (IANS): A disagreement ensued between the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and the primary opposition Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP) in Odisha over the delay in announcement of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Leaders from each events on Monday once more focused one another for not declaring the whole record of candidates.

“They (BJP) had claimed about going to type the federal government in 2024 by successful 80 meeting seats within the state. Nevertheless, the fact is that Bharatiya Janata Occasion’s Odisha unit doesn’t have leaders to contest 80 meeting seats, not to mention 147. For that reason, they don’t seem to be capable of announce the candidate identify even for a single meeting seat,” mentioned BJD Spokesperson, Swayam Parkash Mohapatra.

Mohapatra alleged that the state BJP unit is making these leaders who had been expelled or left different political events and people with felony backgrounds as candidates.

Taking a jibe on the BJP, Mohapatra mentioned leaders of the BJP are wandering right here and there trying to find eligible individuals to make them candidates for the 147 meeting seats.

Senior BJP chief Golak Mohapatra alternatively accused the ruling BJD is a celebration of criminals.

“BJD is terming everybody a felony after any chief is leaving their occasion. As an alternative of providing us recommendation, let BJD first announce the names of candidates for the remainder of the meeting seats if it has the braveness,” mentioned the BJP chief.

BJD has up to now declared the candidates for 72 Meeting and 15 Lok Sabha seats out of the 147 and 21 Meeting and Lok Sabha seats respectively within the state.

The BJP has declared the candidates for all of the 21 parliamentary constituencies. Nevertheless, it’s but to announce the candidates for the meeting constituencies.

In the meantime, the Congress is but to announce the candidates record for each the meeting and Lok Sabha constituencies of the state for the upcoming elections.

Veteran Congress chief Tara Prasad Bahinipati on Monday indicated that the occasion could announce the candidates record inside a day or two.