BJD’s (Biju Janta Dal) senior leader Bhartruhari Mahtab shared his party’s views on supporting the government. The party is the ruling power in Odisha and led by Naveen Patnaik as its Chief minister.
In this year, BJD helped the government enormously in the passage of bills. Even when the Modi government does not enjoy a majority in Upper House, BJD’s support made it easy for Centre to approve of numerous bills.
On being asked about the past stand of his party, BJD leader, as quoted by ANI, said, “Maintaining equidistance is something of the past. I can only say about BJD. It was a constructive opposition in the 16th Lok Sabha. This time we have said whichever government comes to power, if it would be beneficial for the state, we will support that government. We are now in the role of constructive support.”