Nuapada: Galvanising Biju Janata Dal’s campaign for Nuapada Assembly by-election, party president Naveen Patnaik on Friday accused the ruling BJP of ‘cheating’ the people of Odisha by making “false promises” and forming a government.

Campaigning for the BJD candidate Snehangini Chhuria in the Nuapada bypoll, the BJD chief said the BJP can form a government by making ‘false promises’, but cannot win the hearts of the people. ADVERTISEMENT

“They (BJP) can form a government by telling lies in a deceitful manner, make false promises, indulge in candidate ‘chori’, but cannot win the hearts of the people of Nuapada,” Naveen said at a public rally in Nuapada’s Khariar Road.

Before reaching the venue of the public meeting, the BJD president took part in a 15-km-long road sho, where people from

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