NUAPADA: BJP state president Manmohan Samal on Tuesday said the Odisha government is focused on inclusive growth and accountability, and people of Nuapada would play a key role in sustaining the momentum of change.
Addressing a public meeting at Khariar Road here, Samal said the BJP’s victory in the bypoll would be a mandate for development and transparent governance.
“Odisha has entered a new phase of transformation under the BJP government. The people’s verdict in Nuapada by-election will restore their faith in a government that works for all,” he said and called upon voters to elect party candidate Jay Dholakia for accelerated development in the region. Among others, deputy chief minister KV Singh Deo was present.
On the day, the BJP intensified its campaigning across the Assembly constituency with senior party leaders addressing public meetings at multiple places.
Minister Bibhuti Jena and former state BJP president Basanta Kumar Panda addressed a large public meeting at Kuralia Bandha under Nuapada block, seeking support for Jay. They alleged that Nuapada had faced prolonged neglect during the previous BJD regime and highlighted the pro-people initiatives undertaken by the BJP government.
Earlier in the day, BJP leaders participated in an Adivasi Sammilani and urged the tribal population to back the party’s ‘double-engine government’ for sustained development. A BJP workers’ meeting was also held at Keremeli panchayat under Jogeshwar Mandal, drawing enthusiastic participation from the party’s grassroots cadres.
Kalahandi MP Malavika Devi conducted a door-to-door campaign in Rajana panchayat under Komna block. She was joined by former district president Subrata Thakur and late Nuapada MLA Rajendra Dholakia’s wife Kalpana Dholakia.
