BJD president Naveen Patnaik held a meeting with his party’s Rajya Sabha MPs on Monday (June 24) and asked them to emerge as a “vibrant and strong” Opposition in the Upper House of the Parliament as the upcoming session begins on June 27. At the meeting, Patnaik also directed the nine party lawmakers to raise issues concerning the state’s interests in a befitting manner. Speaking to the reporters after the meeting, BJD Rajya Sabha MP Sasmit Patra said, “The BJD MPs this time will not be confined to speaking on issues only, but are determined to agitate if the BJP-led government at the Centre ignores Odisha’s interest”.Post poll debacle, Patnaik’s diktat to BJD MPs: ‘No more support to BJP, emerge as strong Opposition’
BJD president Naveen Patnaik held a meeting with his party’s Rajya Sabha MPs on Monday (June 24) and asked them to emerge as a “vibrant and strong” Opposition in the Upper House of the Parliament as the upcoming session begins on June 27. At the meeting, Patnaik also directed the nine party lawmakers to raise issues concerning the state’s interests in a befitting manner. Speaking to the reporters after the meeting, BJD Rajya Sabha MP Sasmit Patra said, “The BJD MPs this time will not be confined to speaking on issues only, but are determined to agitate if the BJP-led government at the Centre ignores Odisha’s interest”.
