Accusing the ruling BJD in Odisha of being "insensitive" to the plight of the poor, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday asserted that a "double- engine" government of the BJP at the Centre and the state will ensure speedy development in the state.
Kicking off his campaign for simultaneous Lok Sabha and assembly polls in Odisha from here, Modi said the subsequent governments in the state have betrayed its people.
In a scathing attack on the Naveen Patnaik government, a departure from the usual practice of going soft on the ruling party in the state, Modi said: "Both the Congress and the BJD have betrayed the people of Odisha. Now it's the time to punish them and bring in a double-engine government of the BJP at the Centre and the state to build of a 'new Odisha'."
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