Patnaik non-commital on supporting NDA

Senior BJD leader Jay Panda, however, said the matter needs to be discussed within the party and a call on this will be taken by the party supremo.

“On this issue, Pravat Tripathi has suggested that conditional support can be given but this is an issue which needs discussion inside the party and ultimately the party leaders and president Naveen Patnaik will take the final call,” Panda said.

Meanwhile, senior BJD leader Pinaki Mishra expressed confidence that his party will get more than ten seats in Parliament and also get a comfortable majority in the Assembly elections to form the government for the fourth term.  “We will get 16-17 seats in the Parliament out of 21.

The BJP in Odisa will get maximum one or two. The Congress will be wiped out.

We will get more than 100-105 out of 147 in the Assembly and comfortably form a government for the fourth time under Naveen Patnaik's leadership,” he said.