Bhubaneswar, March 26 -- In 2000, we toppled the Congress government. Now, we have taken a vow to topple the BJD, said newly appointed Odisha BJP chief Manmohan Samal on Sunday.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) organized a grand ceremony at the party office in Bhubaneswar to welcome and felicitate Samal.

Terming the coming general election to be a historical one, the party chief launched a broadside against the BJD-led dispensation and said, "When the common people become angry and dead set on doing something, no one can stop them. They are now angry with the government. In 2000, we vowed to topple the Congress government. This time, we have pledged to topple the BJD government."

Alleging that the BJD has destroyed a political system i...