Odisha CM's hand in BJP’s campaign windmill
The Free Press Journal|May 30, 2024
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's left hand is suddenly at the centre of a political storm with PM Modi hinting at a "conspiracy" behind the "sudden deterioration" of Patnaik's health condition.
Odisha CM's hand in BJP’s campaign windmill

 Modi went on to say that if the BJP forms a government in the state, it will constitute a special committee to unravel the facts.

He was referring to a recent episode when V K Pandian, a former IAS officer and now Naveen Patnaik's right hand man in the BJD, reached out to take hold of the Chief Minister's trembling left hand and concealed it behind a lectern.

The chief minister had been delivering a speech when the quivering was noted. The BJP posted the video online and soon the Prime Minister and the Assam Chief Minister Himanta Sarma latched on to it to make political capital.

Patnaik, 77, has had the condition for at least five years, now.

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