BHUBANESHWAR: Odisha chief minister
Naveen Patnaik’s trusted aide V Okay Pandian will quickly be part of BJD and occupy a outstanding place within the occasion, with speculations being rife that he may ultimately succeed Naveen.
High sources stated BJD has been charting a plan to convey on board the previous
IAS officer prior to anticipated. “Pandian’s becoming a member of can occur anytime. He’ll play a key position within the occasion’s methods for 2024 elections,” a senior BJD chief stated.
As Naveen will search votes for a sixth time period in workplace subsequent yr, the CM’s former secretary could be his key ballot planner, he added.
Talking to TOI on Thursday, Pandian stated he was at present targeted on the duty at hand. “I’ve been given the duty of engaged on the chief minister’s imaginative and prescient for a brand new Odisha utilizing the ideas of 5T (Transparency, Know-how, Teamwork, Transformation and Time). That’s what I’m busy doing now,” the previous bureaucrat stated.
Pandian was appointed chairman of two flagship authorities programmes — 5T (transformational initiatives) and Nabin Odisha, a Rs 3,397 crore initiative to advertise ‘Jagannath tradition’ and enhance rural infrastructure — a day after he took voluntary retirement final month.