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Party leader and Union Minister, Jual Oram, said that the Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Dharmendra Pradhan, would be the BJP's chief ministerial candidate in Odisha.
in the presence of the party's president, Amit Shah, in Delhi.
The announcement came amid rumors that the BJP would present Sarangi as the chief ministerial candidate for next year's state badembly elections.
"Dharmendra Pradhan will be the chief ministerial candidate of the BJP in Odisha, and we will fight under his leadership in the Assembly and in the elections in Lok Sabha, our goal is to overthrow Naveen Patnaik from power and put an end to power of non-Odia bureaucrats in the state, "Oram said.
Asked about Sarangi's membership in the BJP, the tribal affairs minister of the Union said that she had joined the party as a senior member.
The appointment of two senior party officials – MP Rourkela Dilip Ray and the BJP Bijay Mohapatra National Executive Member – Oram said it would be a "major loss" for the party when he resigned .
However, the BJP will attempt his
Ray had recently hinted that he would resign from the party, believing that the central government had not taken steps for the development of the city of Rourkela.
"I do not think Ray will leave the party on the issue of development, rather for political reasons," said Oram.
The Minister stated that his personal relationship with Ray was very good.
"It's up to a leader to decide whether to stay in a party or resign," he said.
Ray would be unhappy with the central government because no progress was recorded in the construction of the second bridge over the Brahmani River and the modernization of the Ispat General Hospital in Rourkela.
Oram "blamed" the defendants headed by BJD government for the "delay" in sanctioning the bridge work. He said that the state has not yet released documents related to the environmental validation of the project.
However, the process of modernizing the IGH as a super specialized hospital has already begun, he added.
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