The talks regarding a formal alliance between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Biju Janata Dal seem to have stalled, with two senior leaders from the saffron party publicly stating their lack of awareness about any such negotiations.
A day after State BJP President Manmohan Samal said he had no information about discussion on alliance, Vijaypal Singh Tomar, co-in charge of Odisha unit of the BJP, on Saturday said, “As per our knowledge, we are busy preparing to fight elections in all seats. If any alliance is happening, we should be first consulted. As of now, there is no such development on this.”
“In New Delhi, we discussed with the State leadership about fight elections in all seats. We are confident of winning more than 89 out of 147 seats in assembly and 16 Lok Sabha seats in Odisha. I have been telling this since beginning,” Mr. Tomar said.
