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Former bureaucrat VK Pandian, an aide of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, narrated two incidents that brought the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) supremo's humane side to the forefront...
In an interaction with Raj Chengappa, the Group Editorial Director at India Today Group, at the India Today State of the State Conclave Odisha 2024 event in Bhubaneswar, Pandian was asked if he had observed any significant transformation in Patnaik over the years...
Pandian, who joined the BJD last year, believes he has not seen any change in Patnaik's core values for the past several years, since he took office in 2000...
Pandian said he got a call from the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) that Patnaik neither had his meal nor had a single drop of water and was asked to enquire why the Chief Minister did not have his lunch...
See the human inside him," he further said.. Pandian signed off saying that Patnaik "has not changed in the past many years and that is why the people of the state have not changed him", drawing laughter from the audience...
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