Will quit politics if Naveen Patnaik fails to become Odisha CM again: Pandian
Naveen Patnaik does not become the chief minister of Odisha for the sixth time in a row after the assembly elections. Pandian, a close aide of Patnaik, challenged union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan to announce that the BJP leader would also take political 'sanyas' if the saffron party failed to come to power in the state.
Pradhan is the face of the BJP in Odisha.
«You (BJP) say that there is BJP wave and wave for a change in Odisha, but I strongly say that if the chief minister (Patnaik) does not become the CM again, I will take sanyas from politics,» Pandian said while addressing a rally at Brajrajnagar in Jharsuguda district.
Patnaik has been at the helm of Odisha since March 5, 2000.
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Pandian claimed that the BJP calls him «gumastha» (clerk) or «chamcha» (obedient servant) of Patnaik.
«But you (Pradhan) are a Union minister. If you have the courage, announce that you will also take sanyas from politics if the BJP does not come to power in Odisha,» he said.
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