Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday clarified that he had sanction for whirlwind district tours by his private secretary V. K. Pandian, which were intended at speedy grievance redressal.
The four-page-long clarification by the Chief Minister came close on the heels of insistence of BJP MLAs for a discussion on the controversial issue on the second day of the monsoon session of Odisha Legislative Assembly.
Assembly businesses could not be transacted as BJP members alleged that their request for discussion in shape of an adjournment motion titled, ‘Democratic system has collapsed in the State – who is greater – secretary or Minister’ was not accepted.
