May 29th 2024.
During a rally in Baripada, Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised to form a committee if the BJP is elected to govern Odisha. This committee would investigate the sudden decline in the health of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, hinting at a possible conspiracy behind it. Modi also confidently stated that his party would form a full majority government at the Centre for the third consecutive term, which has not happened in five decades.
He addressed the crowd, wondering if there was a hidden agenda behind Patnaik's health decline and if the current lobby running the government on his behalf was responsible for it. If elected, the BJP would take necessary steps to uncover the truth behind this issue. Modi also made a point to mention that the people of Odisha want an Odia chief minister, possibly taking a jab at BJD leader Kartik Pandian, who hails from Tamil Nadu.
The Prime Minister continued to rally the crowd, stating that the people of Odisha have made their decision to end the 25-year rule of the BJD in the state. He proudly claimed that under his leadership, the Indian economy has risen from the 11th position to the fifth in the last 10 years. However, his comments on Patnaik's health came just a day after Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma accused Pandian of controlling even the hand movements of the Odisha CM.
Sarma shared a video showing Patnaik's hand shaking while speaking at a meeting and Pandian placing it on a table, which he found deeply concerning. He went on to say that Pandian is even controlling the hand movements of Patnaik, who was born in Tamil Nadu and studied in Delhi before becoming an IAS officer in Punjab. However, after marrying an Odia woman, he shifted to the Odisha cadre. The BJP has been criticizing Pandian as an "outsider" in Odisha's politics.
In response to Sarma's accusations, Patnaik released a video message, stating that the BJP is known for making non-issues into issues and that their discussion about his hands will not sway the people's decision. Meanwhile, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported on this development.
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