Bhubaneswar (09.02.2023): Bijay Patnaik (Retd IAS: 1976: OD), the former principal secretary to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik who also served as the state’s chief secretary, is set to join Congress today in New Delhi in the presence of party’s national president Mallikarjun Kharge.
Political observers believe it is a counter by the Congress to the serious bid by the BJP to wrest power from the BJD in the next elections and the expansion plans of other political parties in the state like the BRS and AAP.
The former bureaucrat was in touch with the national leaders of Congress after the success of the Bharat Jodo Yatra of Rahul Gandhi. He had retired as chief secretary in 2013. He was principal secretary to the chief minister from 2004 to 2010.
Bhubaneswar (09.02.2023): Bijay Patnaik (Retd IAS: 1976: OD), the former principal secretary to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik who also served as the state’s chief secretary, is set to join Congress today in New Delhi in the presence of party’s national president Mallikarjun Kharge.
Political observers believe it is a counter by the Congress to the serious bid by the BJP to wrest power from the BJD in the next elections and the expansion plans of other political parties in the state like the BRS and AAP.
The former bureaucrat was in touch with the national leaders of Congress after the success of the Bharat Jodo Yatra of Rahul Gandhi. He had retired as chief secretary in 2013. He was principal secretary to the chief minister from 2004 to 2010.