Bhubaneswar, Nov. 15 -- After the BJP registered a resounding victory in the Nuapada bypoll, Odisha BJP President Manmohan Samal on Saturday stated that the party's steady rise is driven by its unwavering ideology and commitment to the nation, not by allegations or political confrontation.

Responding to Opposition charges of 'vote chori,' Samal said, "We have been working on our ideology for a long time. We don't want to play blame games."

Tracing the party's ideological journey, he recalled its origins. "In 1964, Bharatiya Jana Sangh was established in Odisha's Jharsuguda, and the BJP was founded in 1980. We have set our ideology keeping the nation first. It always focuses on making the nation great," he said.

Samal noted that the BJP...