BJP's doors in Odisha open for 'clean and strong' leaders: Pradhan

BJD leaders had recently accused BJP of trying to split their party

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has set its eyes on winning seats in states on the Coromandel coast of India in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, particularly in states like Kerala and Odisha. To compensate for the lack of influential leaders in these regions, the BJP says its doors were open for leaders from rival parties.

In Odisha and Kerala, the BJP is being accused of engineering splits in such parties as the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and Congress. Recently, Odisha's ruling party BJD Lok Sabha member Tathagata Satpathy alleged that the BJP was trying to drive a wedge in his