Bolangir, May 11: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday asked the people of Kantabanji to ask Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to name 10 villages without seeing any paper and then know his love for them. 

"Generally, Naveen Babu doesn't meet people. In case, he comes here, ask him to name 10 villages without seeing any paper. Naveen Patnaik is not concerned for the people at the grassroots level," said the Prime Minister. 

The Prime Minister said BJD workers and leaders had costly bungalows and vehicles during Naveen Patnaik's 25 years of rule. But the people of Odisha remain poor as before. Odisha lost these years," he said.

The Prime Minister wanted to know why Odisha is poor despite being rich in resources. Why Odisha's Asmita will not be protected, he wanted to know.

The Prime Minister also slammed the Naveen Patnaik government for the increase in Dadans moving to other States in search of work. He said the BJP, if given a chance, will eradicate all these problems. 

"You have allowed the BJD to rule the State for 25 years. You give the BJP a chance and see how Odisha is developing and becoming a number -one State in the country," Modi said, adding, "There will be no Dadan and nobody from Odisha will go outside in search of work during the BJP government.This is Modi's guarantee." 

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