Whatever the exit polls might have indicated, the BJP claims to form Government in the State.
“As per a survey by our party, we will form government both at the Centre and in Odisha. The party will get over 300 seats in Lok Sabha and we will form Government in Odisha by winning over 70 MLA seats,” said Union
Minister Jual Oram after attending a State-level party workshop in Bhubaneswar ahead of the vote counting scheduled on May 23.
“We had a ‘120+’ mission in Odisha. I can’t predict the exact number, but we will win more than 70 Assembly and 18 Lok Sabha seats in the State,” he asserted.
BJP State president Basant Panda also claimed that the party would come to power in the State.
While the BJP is gaining strength in Odisha, both BJD and Congress would be losing their bases in the upcoming days, Panda added.
BJD spokesperson Samir Dash, however, said his party would get “105+” Assembly and “14+” Parliament seats.
Congress leader Suresh Routray claimed that the party would bag 45 Assembly seats and play a crucial role in forming Government.
