BHUBANESWAR:The people of Ganjam were in distress due to the unprecedented natural calamity and disaster. The people of Hinjili were waiting for Naveen Babu, the local MLA and former Chief Minister, in this difficult time. Naveen Babu, who has been cheating the people of Hinjili for years, has cheated them once again.
Naveen Babu visited his area for the first time after a long two and a half years after the 2024 general elections. Although he went under compulsion, it was not during the flood-related hardships, but after the flood, he tried to cover up his mistakes and weaknesses by making misleading statements to the media. This was a mockery for the people of the area. In fact, Hinjili MLA Shri Naveen Patnaik’s visit to Ganjam was a BJD-sponsored workers’ meeting, said State General Secretary Shri Biranchi Narayan Tripathi.
While 11 BJP MLAs (out of whom 2 are ministers) and 2 MPs elected from Ganjam district are continuously directly supervising the relief and reconstruction work, the Hon’ble Chief Minister Shri Mohan Charan Majhi, Revenue Minister Shri Suresh Pujari, State BJP President Shri Manmohan Samal, State In-charge Smt. D. Purundeswari and other senior party leaders visited the affected areas and stood in the plight of the people. Even the only Congress MLA elected from Ganjam district, Bhuyasi, praised the state government for this work. But Shri Tripathi questioned where Naveen Babu, the only BJD MLA elected from Ganjam district and former Chief Minister, had gone for 10 days.
On the other hand, the BJD leaders, who were facing an identity crisis before Naveen Babu’s visit, instead of going to Ganjam to understand the problems of the affected people, were busy preparing for a sponsored workers’ meeting, which is very unfortunate, said Mr. Tripathi.
