Bhubaneswar, Mar 11: Amidst speculations over the BJP-BJD alliance for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, Lata Usendi, the co-incharge of the Odisha BJP, reiterated on Sunday that the BJP will contest in all 147 assembly seats in the upcoming elections.

"I am saying it over and over again that the BJP is preparing for all 147 assembly seats; till now, there is nothing like that. Meetings are taking place because, without any meetings, how will we work?" she said.

Earlier, BJP Odisha election in-charge Vijaypal Singh Tomar also said that the party is ready to contest all the seats in the upcoming elections.

"We are ready to contest in all 147 Vidhan Sabha and 21 Lok Sabha constituencies. We are confident that the Bharatiya Janata Party will form the government here. We will win more than 80 seats in the Assembly elections and more than 16 seats in the Lok Sabha elections," Tomar said, speaking to ANI on Saturday.

Meanwhile, in line with the preparations for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party's Central Election Committee meeting is likely to be held on Monday.

In the meeting, partners of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) from Maharashtra, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Haryana, and Bihar are likely to discuss seat sharing with the BJP's top leadership tomorrow.
 

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