Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister and BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik has hit out at the BJP for spreading lies and outrightly dismissed all rumours about his ill health.
Speaking to a national news agency Patnaik has said, “There is a limit to the lies that the Bharatiya Janata Party can tell. As you can see, I am in very good health, and I have been campaigning for around a month all over the state.”
A video clip of Patnaik’s statement to the news agency has been shared by Rajya Sabha Member and BJD national spokesperson Manas Mangaraj on X
Rejecting rumors about his health, Hon’ble Chief Minister @Naveen_Odisha made it clear that he is in perfect health and has been campaigning across the state for months.
BJP has crossed all limits in terms of spreading rumors. People of Odisha will not let this happen at any… pic.twitter.com/EeJJgL0Fgz
— Manas Mangaraj (@manasrmangaraj) May 24, 2024
Union Home Minister Amit Shah while addressing a poll campaign in Sambalpur on Tuesday had said that Patnaik should retire due to his advanced age and health issues, promising that the BJP will make a young Odia-speaking ‘bhumiputra’ the CM if people of the state vote BJP into power.
