BHUBANESWAR: The Congress may have misplaced in Karnataka however its Odisha unit is living in hope, construction its case at the same anti-incumbency factor that brought down the Siddaramaiah govt.
"We know the BJD has been in power since 2000. But we can feel the anti-incumbency factor against the BJD. Just as we faced anti-incumbency in Karnataka, BJD will face the same in the 2019 election," Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee president Niranjan Patnaik mentioned here.
Niranjan claimed the folks within the state want change. "I have been touring across the state to attend party activities. I witnessed tremendous support for the Congress," Niranjan mentioned.
Despite suffering several electoral reversals, together with the Bijepur meeting by-poll in February and ultimate yr's panchayat election, the Congress seems enthused after a transformation in leadership. All India Congress Committee (AICC) in-charge of Odisha, Jitendra Singh, who addressed an enormous collecting of birthday celebration workers in Khurda on Tuesday, claimed the birthday celebration will do neatly within the state. "We should not equate the political situation in Karnataka with Odisha. The Congress has formed a new team to give a tough fight to the BJD," Jitendra mentioned.
The ruling BJD, regardless that, brushed aside the anti-incumbency communicate. "We do not think the Karnataka poll result will pose any threat to us. There is absolutely no threat to the incumbent government. People have been voting for the BJD because of the welfare schemes and pro-poor work undertaken by chief minister Naveen Patnaik," BJD spokesperson Amar Satapathy mentioned.
Some BJD leaders opined that the rationale Naveen doesn't face anti-incumbency is on account of his instructed action in opposition to leaders and public servants within the match of great fees in opposition to them.
"We feel that his timely action against wrongdoings won the hearts of the people. Naveen would have felt anti-incumbency had he promoted illegalities or supported wrongdoers," a BJD chief mentioned.
"We know the BJD has been in power since 2000. But we can feel the anti-incumbency factor against the BJD. Just as we faced anti-incumbency in Karnataka, BJD will face the same in the 2019 election," Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee president Niranjan Patnaik mentioned here.
Niranjan claimed the folks within the state want change. "I have been touring across the state to attend party activities. I witnessed tremendous support for the Congress," Niranjan mentioned.
Despite suffering several electoral reversals, together with the Bijepur meeting by-poll in February and ultimate yr's panchayat election, the Congress seems enthused after a transformation in leadership. All India Congress Committee (AICC) in-charge of Odisha, Jitendra Singh, who addressed an enormous collecting of birthday celebration workers in Khurda on Tuesday, claimed the birthday celebration will do neatly within the state. "We should not equate the political situation in Karnataka with Odisha. The Congress has formed a new team to give a tough fight to the BJD," Jitendra mentioned.
The ruling BJD, regardless that, brushed aside the anti-incumbency communicate. "We do not think the Karnataka poll result will pose any threat to us. There is absolutely no threat to the incumbent government. People have been voting for the BJD because of the welfare schemes and pro-poor work undertaken by chief minister Naveen Patnaik," BJD spokesperson Amar Satapathy mentioned.
Some BJD leaders opined that the rationale Naveen doesn't face anti-incumbency is on account of his instructed action in opposition to leaders and public servants within the match of great fees in opposition to them.
"We feel that his timely action against wrongdoings won the hearts of the people. Naveen would have felt anti-incumbency had he promoted illegalities or supported wrongdoers," a BJD chief mentioned.
Cong sees hope in 'anti-incumbency' against Naveen govt
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