BHUBANESWAR: Chief minister Naveen Patnaik’s private secretary (5T) V K Pandian on Friday made a veiled attack on Gopalpur MLA Pradeep Panigrahy for attempting to sabotage the state government’s efforts of allowing the return of Ganjam people stuck outside the state during the Covid pandemic.
Without naming Panigrahy, who was expelled from the BJD in November 2020 for alleged corrupt activities, Pandian told the crowd at Rangeilunda during a grievance redressal programme, “An elected representative from Ganjam district had called up chief minister during Covid and said that Ganjam and Odisha would be doomed if people from other states were brought back to the district.”
