Naveen thanks People of for Padampur Bypoll Victory

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik t h a n k e d p e o p l e o f Padampur for BJD’s huge victory in the bye-election. Addressing the people of the assembly segment, Naveen said that this was the victory of people of Padampur. He also thanked the party workers for their efforts for the bypoll. “The way a woman, an educated young woman, a woman grieving the loss of a father was disrespected by some of the state BJP leaders, it saddened me,” the Chief Minister said, referring to a slew of remarks on BJD candidate Barsha Singh Bariha by a few BJPleaders. “Losing and winning in politics, contesting elections are different things. But to disrespect a woman like this is very reprehensible,” the BJD supremo said. That’s why I decided, I myself will go and stand by Barsha Singh – like a father, like a brother, like a friend. Naveen cautioned BJP’s state leaders to refrain from making remarks against
women on the pretext of politics, ‘else people of Odisha will never support you’. Slamming a couple of Union ministers for their statements during the bypoll campaign, Naveen said those were made to deceive the people of Odisha and Padampur Padampur by-polls are over and the Biju Janata Dalcandidate Barsha Singh Bariha has won with thumping majority. While Naveen magic continues in the state, it was inevitable that the BJD candidate will
win and portray the mood of the people of Odisha. As predicted, the Bharatiya Janata Party had to taste the bitter defeat despite its many efforts to fool the people of Pa d amp u r wit h f a ls e promises and negative propaganda about the Government. People of Padampur have shown the door to the BJP and again voted for development and
good governance. The results of Padampur by-polls have proved that the development politics of the Biju Janata Dal and the charismatic leadership of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik have no alternative. Whil e the peopl e of Padampur have elected the daughter of former MLA Bijay Ranjan Singh Bariha a s t h e i r l e a d e r wholeheartedly, they have
also taught a lesson to the BJP for maligning and insulting an woman. What is of importance is that the BJP leaders had taken the high voltage Padampur by-poll as the semi-final before the 2024 elections. Today’s result has already brought to the fore the despair of the saffron camp leaders before the final match. Today’s massive mandate for the
BJD s h ows p e o p l e ’s c o n t i n u e d f a i t h a n d confidence on the leadership and good governance of Naveen Patnaik. Dhamnagar by-election was an exception in BJD’s victory journey. Suraj

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