Odisha governor Raghubar Das’ district visits cause disquiet in BJD
1 year ago

Odisha governor Raghubar Das’ district visits cause disquiet in BJD

Hindustan Times  

Raghubar Das, who took oath as Odisha governor on November 1 and started with a visit to chief minister Naveen Patnaik’s house, has started visiting various parts of the state to hear grievances of people and writing letters to Patnaik on matters of governance, causing disquiet in the ruling Biju Janata Dal, people familiar with the matter said. Soon after taking oath as the 26th governor of Odisha, Das, a former chief minister of Jharkhand, visited Patnaik’s house, breaking protocol, which opposition Congress alleged was part of a “deal between the BJD and the Bharatiya Janata Party ”. However, on the contrary, a senior BJD leader said the visit by the governor to the districts to hear out the grievances of people just ahead of the election next year was not a good sign for the ruling party and his writing letters to the chief minister “seemed to be more political.” Soon after visiting Angul and Dhenkanal districts between December 5 and 7, Das wrote to the chief minister narrating rising pollution as well as the elephant menace. “The governor can visit districts, but he can let the grievance redressal meetings a miss,” said another BJD leader.

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