Naveen Patnaik Congratulates Party Workers On 25th Foundation Day
Naveen Patnaik Congratulates Party Workers On 25th Foundation Day
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Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD), which became 24 years old on Sunday (December 26), is commemorating the day it was founded in every block across Odisha in the presence of elected officials and members of the party's youth, student, and women wings.
BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik spoke at the event, saying that the party has grown stronger thanks to the love of the people of the state and the hard work of its loyal employees.
At 4.30 p.m., the party supremo will participate in a meeting with COVID-19 protocols at BJD's party office in Unit-6, Bhubaneswar, and address party members through video conference. He had previously urged party officials to devote themselves to the service of the people and acquire their trust in order to better serve them.
When Naveen Patnaik, along with several other former Janata Dal leaders, created the regional party in 1997 after his father Biju Patnaik died, many questioned its long-term viability and impact on Odisha politics.
Naveen, then a newcomer to politics, declared that he and a large number of legislators were breaking away from the Janata Dal (JD) to form the BJD while standing beneath a gigantic cut-out of his father at Naveen Niwas in Bhubaneswar. "My father had a lot of hopes for Odisha," says the author. "It is our objective to realise those ideals," he declared, quickly announcing that the new party would form an alliance with the BJP.
Although the partnership has been defunct since 2008, Naveen has grown in strength and stature. He has been winning elections after elections and is now sitting as the Chief Minister of Odisha for the fifth time, debunking all rumours about his party and leadership.
While political experts had predicted that the BJD would go away as Naveen grew older and more frail, the introverted leader has devised a strategy to make the party a powerful political force in the state while "fulfilling father's dreams and moving his vision to the next century."
