The Biju Janata Dal on Sunday took a potshot at the Bharatiya Janata Party, suggesting that the latter was struggling to find candidates for all 147 Assembly seats, as it was yet to announce contenders for any of them.
“It is strange for a national party like BJP not to announce candidates for assembly seats especially when it has already named contestants for all 21 Lok Sabha seats. What we have gathered is that the party does not have candidates for all 147 seats,” said Sasmit Patra, BJD spokesperson.
Mr. Patra said BJP had announced its candidates for Assembly seats for Andhra Pradesh, which is also going to simultaneous polls like Odisha.
