‘Respect people’s mandate’: Dharmendra Pradhan responds to BJP’s poor show in Odisha rural polls

Though the BJD swept the panchayat elections winning 90% of the Zilla Parishad seats—766 out of 852—and the BJP suffered a miserable defeat winning only 42 seats, the BJP leaders drew comfort from the fact that the party got 30% of votes.

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