Bhubaneswar

'Will back Naveen's nephew as successor'

PNS

In his reaction on a reportedly secret meeting of 10 BJD MlAs against Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik held in Cuttack, Agriculture Minister Pradeep Maharathy on Monday said the party would definitely expose the conspirators very soon.

“We will unmask the real image of those selfish persons who want to settle personal scores by going against the Chief Minister,” he said, added that the party would not give any chance to the opportunists to achieve their design.

Maharathy even said the BJD would support Naveen Patnaik’s nephew Arun (elder brother Prem Patnaik’s son) to fit into the BJD supremo’s shoes. “I’ve told several times that If Naveen Patnaik allows his nephew to take responsibility of the party, I’ll support the young man,” he said.

Nobody can do any harm to the BJD supremo as the party has 117 MlAs and support of four crore Odias, said Maharathy.