BJD rally on 5 March video

BJD president and Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday accused the leaders of the two national parties of begging for votes in the name of Biju Patnaik.

“Where were Congress President Sonia Gandhi, party vice-president Rahul Gandhi, BJP president Rajnath Singh and party’s Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi when people suffered due to cyclone Phailin and subsequent floods,” Patnaik asked at three public meetings on occasion of the 98th birth Anniversary of his legendary father Biju Patnaik.

Patnaik addressed a women rally at Berhampur, a farmers and workers gathering at Sambalpur and a youth rally in Bhubaneswar during the day after the Election Commission announced schedules for the ensuing general elections.