Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Wednesday made it clear that his BJD will not join any grand alliance (or Mahagathbandhan) the opposition parties are trying to form before general elections, and would not align either with the BJP or the Congress.
Speaking to reporters after a meeting here, The Biju Janata Dal president said his party would "continue with our policy of equidistance from the BJP and the Congress."
Odisha BJP president Basant Panda said, "There is no doubt that the BJD is having hidden understanding with the Congress. Patnaik's statement is nothing but a ploy to mislead the people,"
Patnaik during his meeting with K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) last month, had said: "We are state teams."
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