Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has already clarified that the people of Odisha will choose his political heir and president of Biju Janata Dal (BJD), said Chairman 5T and Nabin Odisha VK Pandian.
In an interview with ANI news agency, Pandian, who has already clarified that he will not contest the elections in 2024. said that the Chief Minister has already informed that the people of Odisha will choose his political heir and I will be with him in 147 constituencies of the State.
“He (Naveen Patnaik) has to create a history as the longest serving Chief Minister and he deserves it. My sweat, blood, time whatever you call it is everything for that. He has done such a great work for the state. I should not think anything about myself,” Pandia said to ANI.
“After being witnessed to what transformation Lord Jagannath’s temple has gone through, I don’t need anything in life. I just will work for the Chief Minister and I leave my everything of future to Lord Jagannath,” he added.
Pandian further said that I don’t have any ambition. I was offered posts in the party but I denied. It is because I want to work to make Naveen Patnaik the Chief Minister for the sixth time.
Naveen Patnaik is completely healthy but the oppositions and sometimes people inside the party who want to be the Chief Minister are making rumors about the Chief Minister’s health, he said adding that he entered the politic by getting influenced by the works of the Odisha CM.
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