AAP victory issue echoed in Odisha Assembly

10 Feb, Bhubaneswar
The issue of unprecedented victory of the Aam Aadmi Party in the Delhi assembly was echoed in the Odisha assembly Tuesday as the ruling BJD targeted the Congress and the BJP, stating that the people were searching for alternative politics other than the two national parties.
Raising the issue during zero hour ruling BJD member Ranendra Pratap Swain said the victory of AAP shows that people are searching for alternative platform and alternative economics. While Congress failed to open its account in the Delhi election, BJP, which had given a call for a Congress-free country, has also been decimated, Swain said.
Stating that the national parties are redundant as people were preferring alternatives other than the BJP and Congress, Swain said People are in search of an alternative that can provide an alternative thinking, new opportunities, people are searching for some route other than the BJP and Congress. The future will decide that route,” he added.
However,making a scathing attack on Naveen Patnaik led Government , the opposition Chief Whip Tara Prasad Bahinipati said the state has made no progress during the 15 years of the BJD rule. People of the state would remove the BJD Government in 2019 , he asserted.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today congratulated AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal and his party for their tremendous victory in the Delhi assembly elections.
“I congratulate Mr Arvind Kejriwal and his party for their tremendous victory in the Delhi assembly elections,” said Patnaik.