Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah today claimed that the BJP has bagged 310 seats after the completion of five phases of the Lok Sabha polls. Addressing an election rally at Sambalpur in Odisha where BJP has fielded Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Shah said his party will secure 400 plus seats after the sixth and seventh rounds of the polls.

 
He also alleged that Odisha has been ruled by a “handful of officers” and this election will end the ongoing “babu raj” in the state. Mr Shah accused the BJD government led by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik of insulting Odisha’s pride, language, culture and tradition. He also addressed public meetings at Batagaon under Dhenkanal Lok Sabha and Lathipada under Puri Lok Sabha constituencies today.