She claimed that a private company has proposed to establish a 3,000 MW nuclear power plant in Odisha. What harm have nuclear power plants caused to the people in Karnataka, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh?” Biswal said that the nuclear power plant would in no way affect the people and their safety. The BJP MLA, Santosh Khatua, also openly supported the “move” to establish a nuclear power plant in Odisha. The BJD leaders claimed that there is no point in going for a nuclear power plant in Odisha as the State is already “power plus”.