These are the words of 5T Secretary VK Pandian while addressing a meeting in Cuttack. Pandian lured and assured BJD leaders and workers that he would arrange a meeting with Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at Naveen Niwas for the winner with the biggest margin in the 2024 general elections. Such a statement has triggered sharp reactions and questions are being asked whether Naveen Patnaik is aware of his party leaders or not. Doubts are being raised if Naveen Patnaik is cognizant of the distribution of tickets to various leaders or not. While the Opposition parties termed Pandian’s statement as ‘shameful’, BJD leaders seemed not to be perturbed at all. Moreover, they have gleefully accepted that Pandian is the only way to reach the Chief Minister. As per reports, Pandian has not only lured the BJD leaders, he has also assigned them tasks while disguising a threat behind his smile. He gave a challenge to the party leaders to perform better than 2014 and 2019 elections. Strangely, senior BJD leaders like Debi Mishra, Ranendra Pratap Swain, Debashish Samantaray, and Mayor Subhash Singh, who were present in the meeting, didn’t show any reaction to Pandian’s statements. Rather, they believe that Pandian is the only medium to meet the Chief Minister. However, Opposition parties slammed BJD leaders over their helpless position and Pandian’s dominance over them. As per the Congress, it is a shameful situation for the BJD leaders. Meanwhile, the BJP said that people will give the right answer to BJD’s rhetoric. Even BJP leader Smruti Pattnaik said that BJD is in the backfoot of Barabatti Constituency. She added that even though BJD is spending huge money to win, people will not vote in their favor.