Dubbing the BJP as pro-rich, BJD president and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Tuesday said the saffron party had lost the assembly polls in the Hindi heartland for betraying the poor, farmers, women and youths.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his poll campaigns in the state during the day at Kendrapara and Balasore had accused the Naveen Patnaik government of failing on all fronts in the 19 years and had assured the people to usher in five times the development brought by BJD in five years if BJP is voted to power.
"The nation is not built on tall talks as are being indulged in by BJP leaders," Patnaik said adding the saffron party has lost the confidence of the people of the country during its five-year rule at the Centre.
He ridiculed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call to the people of Odisha to ensure a 'double engine' government (government by the same party both at the Centre and the state), Patnaik asked "Why did BJP lose its second engine in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattishgarh, Rajasthan and Punjab?"
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