BJD will bag 24 of 28 Assembly seats in phase-I: VK Pandian
New Indian ExpressBHUBANESWAR: A day after first phase polls in Odisha, senior BJD leader VK Pandian, who is spearheading the party campaign, asserted they are winning at least 24 of the 28 Assembly seats and put up a much better performance at the Lok Sabha level in the first round. Elections were held to four Lok Sabha seats - Berhampur, Koraput, Nabarangpur and Kalahandi - and 28 Assembly segments under them in the first phase on Monday. In 2019, the party had won 20 out of same 28 Assembly constituencies and two Lok Sabha seats that went to polls in the first phase. On the impact of the election meetings and roadshows conducted by the BJP top leadership including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and national president JP Nadda, Pandian said it will be known only on June 4, the day votes will be counted.