The new party likely to forge alliance with BJP or Congress

The launch of Odisha Jan Morcha as a new regional party has given rise to possibilities of emergence of new political equations in the State in the coming days.

The Jan Morcha has come into the picture ahead of the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections thereby fuelling speculation whether the party would go with the Bharatiya Janata Party or the Congress, the two major enemies of the ruling Biju Janata Dal.

Since the BJD was the main target of the Jan Morcha headed by expelled BJD leader and Rajya Sabha member Pyarimohan Mohapatra, there was possibility of the new party forging an alliance either with the BJP or with the Congress to contest the coming Assembly elections.

While announcing the launching of the Jan Morcha, Mr. Mohapatra said that he was in touch with different like-minded parties to forge an alliance before the coming polls to oust the BJD from power.

The Jan Morcha was likely to gain strength in the coming days as the BJD has started losing its base. This has become clear in the elections held in the three newly formed notified area councils (NACs) of Hindol, Nuapada, and Attabira.

According to sources, the Jan Morcha, apart from highlighting various scams that had been unearthed during the BJD rule, is likely to cause a severe damage to the BJD within a few months by taking away some leaders of the party thereby weakening the party structure at the grassroots level. Further, the BJD government headed by Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik is also being in news for its involvement in various scams as well as deteriorating law and order situation.

If a BJD source is to be believed, many top leaders of the party have slowly started realising the fact that their party cannot win the coming polls just by banking on Mr. Patnaik's popularity.

After the ouster of Mr. Mohapatra, who was the main strategist of the BJD in the past elections, Mr. Patnaik had not been able to find out any other leader to formulate political strategies for the party.
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