BJP's Odisha love: Amit Shah to visit again in June, August

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Through this slogan and while working upon it, the party is eyeing at taking the country among the frontline of developing nations by the 75th anniversary of country's independence in 2022, said Dr Singh.

"No one should hope to suppress the Sangh Parivar in West Bengal, Tripura and Kerala by unleashing violence", he said while delivering the presidential address at the BJP national executive here on Saturday.

Shah, who was felicitated with a garland of 74 lotus flowers, symbolising the halfway mark in the 147-member Odisha assembly yesterday asserted the BJP's golden era will commence when it will have the Chief Ministers in every state.

"This time also the Prime Minister had disappointed the people of the State by not uttering a word about Constitution of a Inter-state river tribunal to resolve the Mahanadi water dispute issue between Odisha and Chhattisgarh. But for the remaining two policies, the Prime Minister said that we need to work honestly, as our policies have given faith to the people", he added. Rising above party politics and protocol, the Chief Minister should have shown goodwill gesture to the Prime Minister by receiving him at the airport, he said.

"The poor have started feeling a sense of trust and belonging in the present government".

Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan is fast emerging as the numero uno choice to lead the BJP in the Odisha Assembly elections in 2019.

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After arriving at the airport, Modi paid floral tributes to Odisha's legendary personalities to strike an emotional chord with the Odias. His visit sends across the message that BJP stands by the community and its leaders and it will definitely win them over.

State BJP leader Dharmendra Pradhan says to a news channel earlier, "BJP, after the 2014 elections, has found support base across the country, but not in Odisha".

India is a rich country with poor people, Modi said, and blamed corruption and "visionless governments" of the past for its current condition.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday offered prayers at the 11th century Lingaraj Temple here, officials said.

Quoting Prime Minister, Mr Gadkari said, the EVM issue is latest product of these manufacturing units and the party should not focus on such small manufactured issues and focus on the development.

Modi, later in his BJP conclave winding-up speech, also tasked the party's women's wing leaders and workers to engage the victims of triple talaq in districts, but cautioned not to provoke them against their religion.

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