<p>Bhubaneswar: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/odisha">Odisha</a>'s ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Friday announced that it will field candidates in all 21 Lok Sabha and 147 assembly seats in the state.</p><p>The declaration came hours after the opposition BJP said that it would go solo in the upcoming elections, which will be held simultaneously.</p><p>Talks on <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/elections/india/no-alliance-with-bjd-bjp-to-contest-solo-in-odisha-2948559">pre-poll alliance</a> were being held between the ruling BJD and the opposition BJP for the past few days.</p>.No alliance with BJD, BJP to contest solo in Odisha.<p>“BJD will contest in all 147 assembly constituencies and all 21 Lok Sabha (seats),” BJD organising secretary Pranab Prakash Das posted on X.</p><p>Odisha will go to simultaneous polls for the Lok Sabha and assembly in four phases - on May 13, 20, 25 and June 1.</p><p>Das claimed that the regional party would win more than three-fourth of the seats.</p><p>“With blessings of Lord Jagannath and faith of the people of Odisha, BJD has been serving the state and transforming it like never before in every sector," he said.</p>
<p>Bhubaneswar: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/odisha">Odisha</a>'s ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Friday announced that it will field candidates in all 21 Lok Sabha and 147 assembly seats in the state.</p><p>The declaration came hours after the opposition BJP said that it would go solo in the upcoming elections, which will be held simultaneously.</p><p>Talks on <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/elections/india/no-alliance-with-bjd-bjp-to-contest-solo-in-odisha-2948559">pre-poll alliance</a> were being held between the ruling BJD and the opposition BJP for the past few days.</p>.No alliance with BJD, BJP to contest solo in Odisha.<p>“BJD will contest in all 147 assembly constituencies and all 21 Lok Sabha (seats),” BJD organising secretary Pranab Prakash Das posted on X.</p><p>Odisha will go to simultaneous polls for the Lok Sabha and assembly in four phases - on May 13, 20, 25 and June 1.</p><p>Das claimed that the regional party would win more than three-fourth of the seats.</p><p>“With blessings of Lord Jagannath and faith of the people of Odisha, BJD has been serving the state and transforming it like never before in every sector," he said.</p>