While addressing a rally in Odisha, BJP president Amit Shah slammed the Odisha govt.. Launching a scathing attack on Chief Minister Patnaik, Shah alleged that the BJD government did not join the the Centre’s Ayushman Bharat programme only due to “fear of Modi’s popularity.”

From Odisha, BJP president Amit Shah went to Midnapore in West Bengal where he addressed a rally. There he said a government run by a dynasty could not serve the people. He also slammed the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal and said the upcoming Lok Sabha polls would be about restoring democracy in the state

Shah, who in July 2017 started the Mo Booth Sabuthu Mazboot programme to expand the party’s footprints at the grassroots, held closed door meetings with workers in Salepur area of Cuttack.

Shah’s meeting will cover four Lok Sabha segments Cuttack, Jajpur, Jagatsinghpur and Kendrapara. These four Lok Sabha seats have 28 assembly segments, said party spokesman Pitamber Acharya. He later addressed a public meeting at Contai in West Bengal’s East Midnapore district.