A post pertaining to the Commissioner-cum-Secretary of the Department of Mission Shakti, Sujata R Karthikeyan that was shared on BJD MP Amar Patnaik's Facebook page kicked off a controversy after going viral.
On Patnaik's Facebook page, a post from 'Sujata R Karthikeyan Fan Club' was shared asking for suggestions regarding the Commissioner-cum-Secretary.
“If Mission Shakti Odisha’s secretary and commissioner #Sujata_Rout_Kartikeyan quits government job and becomes an MLA candidate from her birthplace Kendrapada district #Patkura constituency, then what is your opinion,” the shared post read. (sic).
Soon after the post went viral, the Parliamentarian came out with a clarification.
“Someone seems to have hacked into my FB account to spread rumours. I am reporting the matter & investigating the same. Request not to get taken in by such rumour-mongering,” Patnaik posted in his clarification.
Earlier in March, when it was alleged that Mission Shakti women members were being used in politics, the Commissioner-cum-Secretary had responded saying, “Mission Shakti always provides women a platform to take up leadership roles. If women from the SHGs are participating in politics, we shouldn’t criticize them because it is their matter of right and choice.”