A day ahead of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s scheduled visit to Surat, Opposition today launched a scathing attack on the ruling-BJD by terming the visit politically motivated and another attempt of the party before 2019 polls to woo voters.
While the BJP said that the chief minister will fail in his attempt to win the hearts of the Odia community in Surat, Congress accused the ruling party of being involved in vote bank politics.
Eyeing the upcoming elections, Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik is now shedding crocodile tears. The State government has done nothing for non-resident Odias in the last 19 years. Maximum people in Surat are from CM Naveen Patnaik’s constituency in Ganjam and it proves State government’s failure in creating job opportunities, alleged Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.