sambapur: Naveen Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal faces public revolt for the first time as a core group of ‘outsiders’ in the chief minister’s office seek to seize power in the state, setting off a dangerous trend, bjp Leader and Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Claimed.
The Education Minister, who is contesting the Sambalpur Lok Sabha polls, also dismissed speculations that the BJP is trying to ally with the BJP. BJD.
Pradhan, who returned to the electoral battlefield after 15 years, said in an interview with PTI, “Odia’s identity is under threat. Everything is related to this identity.
“BJD is a group of bureaucracy… The core group in the chief minister’s office, which contains almost no non-Odia officials, came together and believed that we should take advantage of the chief minister’s incompetence and create a vacuum through the back door. Their goal is to seize state power.
Pradhan implicitly scoffed: “This is a very dangerous trend and apart from their inaction on the ground, this is what the public is angry about.” PatnaikClose aide VK Pandian.
Pandian served as an IAS officer and last served as an IAS private secretary. Orissa The chief minister resigned last year to join the BJD. Pardenian was born in Tamil Nadu, studied in Delhi and started his career as an IAS officer in Punjab cadre but switched to Odisha cadre after marrying Odia.
Pradhan said this was the first time the hitherto popular chief minister had faced public criticism. “The BJD is facing public revolt for the first time… We have been fighting them for a long time. We have contested elections together in the past. But the 2024 elections are a new type of election for them… This is the worst .
The Education Minister, who is contesting the Sambalpur Lok Sabha polls, also dismissed speculations that the BJP is trying to ally with the BJP. BJD.
Pradhan, who returned to the electoral battlefield after 15 years, said in an interview with PTI, “Odia’s identity is under threat. Everything is related to this identity.
“BJD is a group of bureaucracy… The core group in the chief minister’s office, which contains almost no non-Odia officials, came together and believed that we should take advantage of the chief minister’s incompetence and create a vacuum through the back door. Their goal is to seize state power.
Pradhan implicitly scoffed: “This is a very dangerous trend and apart from their inaction on the ground, this is what the public is angry about.” PatnaikClose aide VK Pandian.
Pandian served as an IAS officer and last served as an IAS private secretary. Orissa The chief minister resigned last year to join the BJD. Pardenian was born in Tamil Nadu, studied in Delhi and started his career as an IAS officer in Punjab cadre but switched to Odisha cadre after marrying Odia.
Pradhan said this was the first time the hitherto popular chief minister had faced public criticism. “The BJD is facing public revolt for the first time… We have been fighting them for a long time. We have contested elections together in the past. But the 2024 elections are a new type of election for them… This is the worst .
