BJP MP Sambit Patra hit out at the INDIA bloc and the Congress and alleged that they were silent on the hooch tragedy in Kallakurchi, Tamil Nadu and called it a murder of 32 Dalits.
Union Minister and BJP Lok Sabha candidate, Dharmendra Pradhan and leader Sambit Patra met family members of the deceased who lost their lives in a firecracker explosion in Puri.
"One who is not an ordinary person and sent by God, what is the need for him to remember God? Kangana Ranaut and Sambit Patra made him God...Why is he doing this drama?" said Baghel.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate for the Puri Lok Sabha seat Sambit Patra voiced serious concerns on Saturday regarding malfunctioning Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) at multiple polling stations in Puri and urged the Election Commission to take immediate action.
Pandian statement comes after, BJP leader and party's Puri Lok Sabha candidate Sambit Patra clarified that his remark was a "slip of the tongue", and also announced to undertake penance by observing a fast for three days from Tuesday.
Ahead of the polling in the Puri, Sambit Patra triggered a political row with his controversial remarks, saying, "Lord Jagannath is a devotee (bhakt) of Prime Minister Narendra Modi". Later, he described the comments as a "slip of the tongue".
Patra landed in a row in Odisha on Monday after he told a local news channel that "Lord Jagannath is a devotee (bhakt) of Prime Minister Narendra Modi." He later described it as a "slip of the tongue."
Patra, the BJP candidate from Puri Lok Sabha seat, landed in a row in Odisha on Monday after he told a local news channel that "Lord Jagannath is a devotee (bhakt) of Prime Minister Narendra Modi." He later described it as a "slip of the tongue."
Hundreds of people lined up on both sides of the road and on terraces to get a glimpse of the Prime Minister, waving cut-out Modi posters and waving the party flag.
Amid the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from the Puri Lok Sabha seat, Sambit Patra on Wednesday held a mega padayatra in Banpur.