Dharmendra Tragets CM Naveen Over Padampur’s District Status Issue

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launched a scathing attack on Odisha ruling BJD supremo and CM Naveen Patnaik on Sunday.

Pradhan accused him of betraying the people by stating that Padampur will be made a district within a year without specifying a definite timeline.

The senior BJP leader slammed Naveen in a series of tweets after the Chief Minister during his Bargarh visit said that Padampur will be accorded district status in a year as per the promise made before the by-poll to the Assembly seat last year.

“The promise made by the Chief Minister to make Padampur a district is still confined to the announcement. This shows that the people of Padampur have been betrayed,” Dharmendra said.

The statement made by the Chief Minister in Padampur showed he was reading out a note written by someone else instead of speaking his own mind, the Union Minister said.

After remaining Chief Minister for 23 years, it was improper on the part of Naveen in trying to take credit for giving CHC status to a Paikmal PHC in Padampur, he said.