Aparajita Sarangi of BJP claims the Bhubaneswar seat with a victory over Manmath Kumar Routray of BJD. In an interview with NDTV, she said, "The people of Orissa have reformed faith in the leadership ability of PM Modi. A couple of weeks back, PM Modi came here and made a request to the people of Orissa. He said, "You have given 23 years to Biju Janta Dal, just give us 5 years and we will show you all what development is and we will convert Odisha into the number one state in the country". And I'm extremely glad to know today that the people of Odisha, 4.5 crore Odia's have believed in the words of PM Modi".