Naveen’s candidature from Kantabanji was a conspiracy

BHUBANESWAR: Debendra Das, a former zilla parishad member of Jajpur district and husband of former Bari MLA Sunanda Das on Friday alleged that persuading ex-chief minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik to contest from Kantabanji Assembly constituency in 2024 election was a conspiracy against him.

“The Hinjili Assembly seat in Ganjam district had become unsafe for the former chief minister. The plan was to install Naveen’s close aide VK Pandian as the chief minister after the former’s defeat from both seats, Hinjili and Kantabanji,” Das claimed.