Bhubaneswar: Former MP and Utkala Bharat president Kharavela Swain on Sunday said he was willing to contest the ensuing Assembly elections as a BJP candidate if the party makes him an offer.
Talking to journalists here, Swain said his party and the BJP had a tie-up during the last elections in 2014. “At that time, I had apprised BJP leaders of my intention to contest the polls on a BJP ticket,” Swain said. “Of the seven elections I have contested so far, six were as a BJP candidate.”
Asked if he will join the BJP if senior party leaders make him an offer, Swain said: “I think I will.”
He said he had made it clear to the BJP’s Odisha prabhari, Arun Singh, that he was ready for a tie-up with the BJP and, if necessary, ready to contest as a BJP candidate to unseat the BJD government in the state.
Dubai: The eyes of the cricketing world were focused on Dubai as India and Pakistan… Read More
Cuttack: Pankaj Lochan Mohanty on Sunday assumed charge as president of Odisha Cricket Association (OCA). Mohanty,… Read More
Kolkata: The Railway Protection Force (RPF) of Eastern Railway (ER) claimed to have seized foreign… Read More
Bhubaneswar: Newly-appointed Odisha Congress president Bhakta Charan Das underwent a successful surgery for an injury… Read More
Bhubaneswar: Thunderstorm activity with lightning, gusty surface wind and hail may continue in Odisha till… Read More
Bhadrak: Police busted a sex racket operating from a hotel in Odisha's Bhadrak district late… Read More
This website uses cookies.
