He claimed BJP and BJD have solemnised ‘love marriage’, and the two political parties have been romancing for a long time with an aim to loot and ruin the state. Criticising Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for siding with the BJP, Kharge said his father Biju Patnaik was a friend of Jawaharlal Nehru and both worked for the development of the country and believed in the same ideology, he added. The present Patnaik (Naveen), he said, has strong links with the BJP and adopted its philosophy which is based on hatred. The Congress chief said every big project including Paradip port, Rourkela Steel Plant, Naval Academy at Chilika, Mancheswar rail coach and ordnance factory was implemented when the grand old party was in power in Odisha. What have the BJP and BJD done for Odisha, he asked. Kharge also targeted 5T chairman VK Pandian and asked whether the state does not have any capable and efficient leader and someone has to be brought from outside as advisor.
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