Odisha Politics: Former Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has come out in help of his former colleague VK Pandian. Naveen Patnaik has denied the declare of a media report, which mentioned that his former colleague VK Pandian had struck a cope with the BJP to defeat the BJD within the meeting elections.
BJD chief Naveen Patnaik on Monday (July 22) mentioned in a put up on microblogging web site X that no matter is being mentioned within the media about former bureaucrat Pandian is all false and baseless. Together with this, he additionally shared a media report, which claimed that Pandian had a cope with the BJP.
Served the occasion with dedication and honesty- Naveen Patnaik
Chatting with information company ANI, Biju Janata Dal chief Naveen Patnaik mentioned that that is utterly false, motivated, insulting and malicious. I’ve mentioned earlier that Pandian has served the state and the occasion with full devotion, effectivity and honesty. He’s identified and revered for these qualities. VK Pandian, who was a bureaucrat earlier than changing into a politician, “separated” from lively politics in June this yr after the Biju Janata Dal’s defeat within the meeting and Lok Sabha elections in Odisha.
Asserting his resolution to stop politics, Pandian had mentioned that he would hold Odisha deep in his coronary heart and ‘Guru Naveen Babu’ in his breath. In the course of the marketing campaign for the meeting elections, Pandian had mentioned that he would stop politics if Naveen Patnaik didn’t develop into the chief minister for the sixth consecutive time.
BJP created historical past by successful the meeting elections for the primary time in Odisha
The outcomes of this time’s meeting and Lok Sabha elections stunned the Biju Janata Dal. The Bharatiya Janata Celebration created historical past by successful its first meeting election in Odisha. The occasion gained 78 out of 147 seats, whereas the Biju Janata Dal was diminished to solely 51 seats. The BJP additionally gained 20 out of 21 Lok Sabha seats within the state, whereas the BJD couldn’t even open its account. Patnaik has additionally been unanimously elected because the president of the BJD parliamentary occasion.
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