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Odisha 5T secretary VK Pandian (L) and CM Naveen Patnaik during their campaign for the Lok Sabha and assembly elections in Odisha. (Image: News18)
Bureaucrat VK Pandian vows to quit politics if Naveen Patnaik doesn’t become Odisha CM for 6th time
Bureaucrat-turned-BJD leader VK Pandian promises to step down from politics if Naveen Patnaik doesn’t secure his 6th term as Odisha’s Chief Minister.
Pandian challenges Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to take political ‘sanyas’ if BJP doesn’t win in the state.
Pandian asserts his confidence in Patnaik’s victory and his own commitment to leave politics if the outcome is different.
He questions Pradhan’s contributions to Odisha and BJP’s strategies in the region.
In response to Modi’s statement, Pandian predicts BJD’s victory with a significant majority.
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – PTI)