Bhubaneswar, April 20 -- A day after Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah stated that there will be a direct contest with Naveen Patnaik in Odisha; the party's national vice-president and Kendrapara Lok Sabha candidate, Baijayant Panda on Saturday stated that the stance of the party's leadership was very clear since long.

"It was the BJD which tried to create confusion in the minds of the people. The people already know the outcome of the direct fight," the senior BJP leader said adding that not much interpretation is now needed after Amit Shah Ji's statement.

Hailing Shah for his strategies, Panda said that the BJP has been able to register success by winning 282 and 303 seats in the Parliament. This time, the nation wan...