Naveen Patnaik does not want to give even a single opportunity to BJP in Odisha..!?
Reportedly Biju Janata Dal chief and Odisha's naveen patnaik also seems to be conscious of the possible political threat. Only after the 2019 elections, naveen patnaik had realized that in the coming times, bjp would try to stir politics in the name of religion in Odisha. In May that year itself, puri in odisha was badly damaged by a storm. After that naveen patnaik had announced to build puri Jagannath heritage Corridor. Now, a few days before the ram mandir program, on january 17, this corridor was inaugurated by naveen Patnaik. naveen Patnaik's government was seen organizing this three-day program with grandeur. This exercise of naveen patnaik government was also assessed from the point of view of political gains.
Meanwhile it was widely discussed in the political circles that the naveen patnaik government left no stone unturned in making this program grand as a strategy to ensure that the atmosphere created by the ram temple does not benefit the bjp in Odisha. Generally, naveen patnaik is counted as a leader who stays away from such grandiose programs. But considering the challenge from bjp in the state, naveen patnaik is deciding the strategy this time in the same direction.
Moreover naveen patnaik does not want to give even a single opportunity to bjp, which would give it an opportunity to create an atmosphere against him in Odisha. Under this strategy, naveen patnaik kept distance from the opposition alliance 'India' formed for the lok sabha elections. Odisha's politics is important for naveen Patnaik. He had no special interest in central politics before and neither does he now. Going with the opposition alliance 'India' meant that bjp would propagate in odisha that naveen patnaik and congress were on the same side. With this, bjp could have succeeded in bringing all the anti-Naveen Patnaik votes to its side.