Elections 2024: Can CM Naveen Accept PM Modi's 'Challenge' In Kantabanji Today?
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Odisha Chief Minister and BJD president, Naveen Patnaik will address public meetings in Kantabanji Assembly constituency under Balangir parliamentary constituency on Sunday.
Balangir, May 12: Odisha Chief Minister and BJD president, Naveen Patnaik will address public meetings in Kantabanji Assembly constituency under Balangir parliamentary constituency on Sunday.
Patnaik chose Kantabanji as the second seat this time besides his traditional Hinjili constituency in Ganjam district.
It remains to see how the Chief Minister responds to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's jibe on him over 'forgetting' the names of districts in Odisha, said a political observer under condition of anonymity.
Taking a dig at CM Naveen Patnaik, PM Modi on Saturday said that "Naveen Babu can't tell the names of 10 villages in Kantabanji Assembly constituency where he is fighting elections this time without the help of any paper".
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✨PM Modi, during his speech in Kandhamal, also challenged CM Patnaik to tell the names of all the districts of Odisha along with their headquarters without seeing any paper.
"A Chief Minister who cannot even name the districts and its district headquarters without a piece of paper... how far would he be able to understand your pain and sufferings?" questioned PM Modi.
Assembly and Lok Sabha elections will be held simultaneously in Odisha in four phases from May 13 to June 1.
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