Bhubaneswar, March 22 -- Putting all speculations regarding any possible coalition with BJD in Odisha to rest, the BJP today announced that it would fight the upcoming Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in the state alone.

"The Bharatiya Janata Party will go solo in all 21 Lok Sabha and 147 Assembly seats in Odisha in the upcoming twin polls," said BJP state unit president Manmohan Samal in a Twitter (X) posts today.

Under the able leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the BJP will contest the elections alone to fulfill the aspirations of 4.5 crore Odias. The BJP's motto is to bring rapid development to Odisha as well as India, Samal added.

The BJP leader thanked the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in Odisha for extending support to the BJP-...