Naveen not adverse to taking back former leaders into BJD

Last Updated: Thursday, June 07, 2012, 18:04

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Bhubaneswar: With Rajya Sabha MP Pyari Mohan Mohapatra suspended from the ruling BJD, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday said he was not adverse to taking back certain leaders who had quit the party earlier.

"If some leaders wish to return to BJD, we'll certainly examine the matter," Patnaik told reporters replying to a question on his party's efforts to unite Biju Parivar.

Stating that some leaders had left the party due to some reason or the other, Patnaik remarked that he had already taken back four NCP MLAs into the party fold.

Former NCP legislature party leader Amar Satpathy was earlier with the BJD and had served Patnaik's council of ministers from 2000 to 2002 before joining the Sharad Pawar-led party.

The BJD's three vice-presidents -- Finance Minister Prafulla Ghadai, Health Minister Prasanna Acharya and former minister Damodor Rout -- welcomed Patnaik's move to open doors for leaders who had earlier quit the party due to differences with Mohapatra.

"As Pyari Mohan Mohapatra has already been suspended from the party, many leaders now want to return to the BJD. Some leaders had quit the party because of Mohapatra," Ghadai said.

Acharya also gave similar indication saying that a number of Biju Parivar members have gone to oblivion when Mohapatra was at helm of affairs in the party for about a decade.

"Under the changed situation, they could make a comeback," the health minister said. While welcoming the move to unite members of Biju Parivar, BJD vice-president Damodar Rout had a word of caution.

"The people who follow Biju Patnaik's ideology and respect Naveen Patnaik's leadership, will be allowed entry to the BJD," he said.

Rout said the recent coup bid by a section of ruling party leaders had come as a lesson for the party and its leaders. "We should not take any leader who will pose danger to Naveen Patnaik's leadership," he said, adding that adequate care should be taken before allowing entry to any leader into the party.

A number of former Biju Parivar members had joined different political parties like the Congress and BJP after they were not given importance in the BJD.

PTI

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First Published: Thursday, June 07, 2012, 18:03

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A K P C Swain - Pennsylvania
Mr. Pyari Mohan Mohapatra is an inteliigent administrator turned politician and should have been nursed well in Odisha politics to take best out of him administrator turned politician and should have been nursed with caution in the state poiltics

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D Pradhan - Cuttack
Mr. Pyari Mohaptra was always a political animal, even when he wqas a bureaucrat. One of the most corrupt officers of his time continued his legacy after entering politics as well.

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Pradhan D - Cuttack
This decision should have been taken 8-10 years back. A man who can`t even win a panchayat seat was distributing assembly tickets. He has no standing in Odisha politics. He is known to be a manipulator, jerk of highest order. This johny should introspect and retire from public life. Should spend rest of his life serving devotees at Puri, repenting for his sins committed all his life. he sowed all the seeds of wild weeds and fittingly reaping it now. Mr. Pyari, what will you do with all the money. Live peacefully and honorably till you breathe your last. Do not humiliate yourself. Please....

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alex - mumbai
how can u say that mr pyari is corrupt what wealth does he have hes wealth is shown in his affidavite even he is challenging naveen on mine scam cbi inquiry n overall nasveen had calledhim for help

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ashok.c - new delhi
well, experience is advice...taking back progressive, likeminded , biju vision and navven leadership driven people of a proven pas, t may lead way to a harmonious and progressive future. but old without the `lost` old values may still be a question mark. because some USP must be there for valuable contributions and state building. either youthful outlook, energy , vigour and futuristic drive or good old values, ethics, political conscience, selflessness and above all a sense of political harmony and people service ...that good old days leaders used to be. anyway, a good combitation always works better in democracy and things evolve in a process of continuity and change. and that works better in a traditional and modern society like ours...let home coming be `home- odisha- building`...