Services: BJD to oppose no-confidence motion, support Delhi Services Bill | India News

BHUBANESWAR: BJD, which has been claiming to have maintained a policy of equidistance from the BJP and Congress, has thrown in its lot behind the Centre by announcing its support to the Delhi services ordinance, and opposition to the no-trust motion moved by the opposition parties against NDA, setting the tongues wagging in political circles.

“Our party has made its stand clear. The Biju Janata Dal will support the bill replacing the Delhi services ordinance and oppose the no-confidence motion proposed by various opposition parties against the government at Centre,” BJD Rajya Sabha member Sasmita Patra told TOI.
From demonetisation to GST, CAA, triple talaq, RTI amendment and Article 370 revocation, the Naveen Patnaik-led BJD has been supportive of PM Modi’s policies, though BJD and BJP are political rivals in Odisha.

“Now BJD stands exposed. It’s not with the INDIA alliance and has surrendered before BJP,” tweeted Bijay Kumar Patnaik, the chairman of Odisha Congress campaign committee.