The 20 year tenure of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik were “lost years” in the State’s development chapter and it remained stagnant showing no significant progress over the past two decades, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said while addressing public meeting in Subarnapur district on Thursday.
“A group of researchers were studying development of the country. They came to meet me. Researchers termed 20 years ruled by Mr. Patnaik as lost years and the State was there where it was 20 years ago,” he said.
“The State’s growth sharply increased by multiple times where both the State and the Centre are under the BJP rule. The double engine governments have accelerated the development process,” he said.
