Rourkela, May 17: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday claimed that BJP would win over 75 assembly and 15 Lok Sabha seats in Odisha.
Lok Sabha and assembly elections are being held simultaneously in Odisha. Odisha has 21 Lok Sabha and 174 assembly seats.
Addressing a rally at Rourkela, Shah asserted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has already won 270 Lok Sabha seats in the first four phases of elections and is now moving towards 400.
"With more than 15 MPs and 75 MLAs, Odisha is about to be coloured saffron. This election is the election to make Narendra Modi the PM for the third time," Shah said.
Referring to the missing keys of the Puri Jagannath Temple 'Ratna Bhandar', he alleged that Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is misleading people and playing with their faith.
Shah said this election is to restore Odisha's pride, language, culture and tradition.
On the other hand, Naveen denounced the campaign speeches by his counterparts from other states and union ministers terming them as derogatory and abusive.
He claimed that those "political tourists" have no impact on people of his state.
