At a time when Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is camping in New Delhi meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and others over State issues, BJP State president KV Singh Deo here on Tuesday dared Patnaik to deny the statement of senior BJP leader and Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan that the NDA Government had offered the BJD the post of Chairman of the lok Sabha Finance Standing Committee. “PM Narendra Modi himself talked to the Chief Minister regarding appointment of BJD MP as the chief of Finance Committee.
We also have the information that Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had also held discussion with the CM regarding this,” Singh Deo told mediapersons here. Maintaining that though the name of Pinaki Misra was selected for the top post, Singh Deo said since Misra as a lawyer was representing in certain cases in court of laws, it was not proper to appoint him for the crucial post. “So, the BJD supremo was asked to name another. But it did not happen. lets the Chief Minister deny the statement of Pradhan,” said Singh Deo.