Bhawanipatna:6/5/24: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today slammed the opposition parties during his election campaigning at Bhawanipatna in Kalahandi district. He said that the opposition leaders are telling lies and are shedding crocodile tears. He appealed to the people to bless the Biju Janata Dal.
“They are neither sincere towards Odisha nor for its people. They remember Odisha during elections,” alleged Patnaik addressing election rallies at Bhawanipatna and Khariar under Kalahandi Lok Sabha constituency on Monday.
In Bhawanipatna and Khariar, Patnaik, in his usual unassuming style, directly interacted with the people seeking their views on the various welfare schemes being implemented by his government in the State. The crowd enthusiastically responded with ‘yes’ to the State government’s schemes like Mamata, Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana, Mission Shakti, LAccMI Bus, Nua-O Scholarship, KALIA, 5T School Conversion, Srimandir Parikrama Project, etc.
Patnaik appealed to the people to vote for the party candidates for the development of Kalahandi and Odisha. Kalahandi Lok Sabha candidate Labmodar Nial, MLA Candidates Rajendra Dholakia, Adhiraj Panigrahy, Pradeep Disari, Dibya Shankar Mishra, Pushpendra Singhdeo, Lalita Nayak, and Manorama Mohanty were present during the public meeting. Kalahandi will go for voting on the 13th of May in the first phase of elections.