PM Modi, Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik two sides of same coin: Jairam Ramesh
The Hindu
“Na-veen and Na-rendra are two sides of the same coin. Why is the PM lying about his party’s ‘relationship status’ with the BJD?” Mr. Ramesh said in a statement which he shared on X.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik are "two sides of the same coin", Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said on May 11, accusing the BJP and the BJD of being "in cahoots" with each other.
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PM Modi is on a two-day poll campaign tour of Odisha and will address three rallies in the State on Saturday. Lok Sabha and Assembly elections are being held simultaneously in Odisha.
Attacking the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), Mr. Ramesh said the Odisha party has bailed out the Modi government on a number of occasions in Parliament.
"Na-veen and Na-rendra are two sides of the same coin. Why is the PM lying about his party's 'relationship status' with the BJD?" Mr. Ramesh said in a statement which he shared on X.
He said the seat-sharing talks between the BJP and the BJD earlier this year only confirmed what was already known. "Despite officially claiming to be in Opposition, the two parties are in cahoots with each other," Mr. Ramesh said.
"In the last 10 years, the BJD's MPs in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha have bailed out the Modi sarkar (government) on every contentious Bill, including on No-Confidence Motions. The BJD even supported the Rajya Sabha candidature of BJP leader Ashwini Vaishnav, who didn't have enough BJP MLA voters to get elected," the Congress leader said.
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