Possible BJD alliance with BJP in Odisha about ‘statesmanship’ says Naveen Patnaik’s aide

New Delhi: A potential alliance between the Biju Janata Dal and the Bharatiya Janata Occasion is “past politics” since each side don’t “want” one another, BJD chief and Naveen Patnaik aide VK Pandian stated on Monday. Talking on the CNN-News18 ‘Rising India Summit 2024’, Pandian, who’s believed to be working at stitching the alliance, stated the approaching collectively of the 2 leaders is about statesmanship.

“Naveen Patnaik is undoubtedly going to be chief minister of Odisha and Narendra Modi goes to be the PM of the nation. He doesn’t require the BJP’s assist to win the sixth time period in Odisha and serve the folks. I’d say the identical factor about Prime Minister Narendra Modi. However there’s something which is past politics. It’s a mark of nice statesmanship. That’s how I put it,” Pandian stated.

He added that regardless of being in energy for greater than twenty years, Patnaik’s reputation has not weaned. “He’s so standard that he will get three-fourths majority each time within the state,” he stated, including that the BJD bagged 90% of the seats within the zilla parishad, with BJP profitable solely 5% of the seats.

Pandian’s feedback have added to the excitement that each the events are working in the direction of a potential alliance for the Lok Sabha in addition to the meeting elections in Odisha. Pandian was in Delhi earlier this month to satisfy the social gathering management, and even when an alliance seemed believable, talks remained inconclusive.

The BJD, an earlier constituent of the NDA, had damaged away in 2009, however the social gathering has by no means taken an adversarial stand in opposition to the Modi authorities.