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Naveen Patnaik facing his toughest battle in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik seems to be facing his toughest political battle as he bids for a fourth straight term in Odisha and struggles to retain his party's 14 Lok Sabha seats out of

IANS IANS Updated on: April 16, 2014 13:22 IST
Suresh Pujari, chief spokesman of state unit of the BJP, said the state recorded 75 percent polling in the first phase April 10 and a massive turnout will be repeated in the second and final phase April 17.

"The wave in favour of (BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra) Modi is stronger than what we had seen in favour of Vajpayee in 1998 and 1999," he told IANS.

"High voting is an indication that people wanted a change and they are voting for BJP," he said. Pujari said his party is likely to win more than 10 Lok Sabha seats and a sizeable number of assembly seats too.

The BJD secured the 37 percent vote share, the Congress 33 and the BJP 17 percent in 2009. The BJP claimed its vote share will increase to 33 percent due to Modi wave.

Admitting that Congress will not fare well, a senior party leader and former Lok Sabha member said the infighting and poor candidate selection hit the prospect of the Congress.

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