Bhubaneswar: Senior Biju Janata Dal leader and 5T Chairman Kartik Pandian has said that the BJP is just making noise to boost the morale of its cadre and leaders. Responding to media queries, he said, “During the previous 2019 general elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a prediction that CM Naveen Babu is getting farewell from the people of Odisha and BJP is forming government in the state. Within two hours, CM Naveen Patnaik replied that we have two phases already over in Odisha and with these two phases alone, the BJD has already got the majority and I would invite PM Modi for my swearing-in. When it was analysed later on, whatever Naveen Babu said was true and this time also the BJP is making a lot of noise about forming government in Odisha.” He said, it is just to boost the confidence of the cadre of BJP in Odisha and their leaders. they have actually lost their self-confidence after losing 30 out of 30 Zila Parishad seats. Earlier they had 12 Zilla Parishads in their hands but during the last elections they lost all seats. It is natural for their national leaders to come to Odisha. Their Chief Ministers are here, their Cabinet Ministers are here. All of them are like giving a booster dose to boost the confidence of the local leaders.
He also said that the people of Odisha are waiting to see the BJP’s Chief Ministerial candidate as the saffron party’s leadership has said that they are going to give a young, dynamic, smart, good looking and fast working person as the CM face of Odisha. Responding to a media query on Home Minister Amit Shah’s remark that the BJP will form Government in Odisha, Kartik Pandian said “They declared to win 120 seats in 2014 Assembly elections, then to win 90 seats in 2019 Assembly elections and now they are saying that they are not giving any numbers and the BJP will form the government in Odisha….that is the trajectory they follow. I would sincerely request that the people of Odisha are waiting to see their CM face because the central leadership have said that they are going to give a young, dynamic, smart, good-looking, fast-working person as the CM face of Odisha. After that statement by the leadership, the four to five aspirants for Chief Ministership in BJP have all lost their hope. They are not matching what they are saying. He also said that all the seats are prestigious for the Chief Minister and for Odisha.