Bolangir, May 12: Even as Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik addressed a public meeting at Kantabanji in Bolangir district within 24 hours of the PM challenging him to name Odisha districts without seeing a paper, the former avoided accepting the summon. 

The Chief Minister didn't respond to any of the questions posed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a meeting yesterday. 

In his address to a huge gathering, the PM had dared Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to name all 30 districts of Odisdh and at least 10 villages without seeing any paper. He alleged that the Chief Minister had no connection with people at the grassroots level.  

"As usual, the Chief Minister read out a paper. He didn't utter a single word without seeing a paper," said Purna Chandra Hans, a local person. 

Similarly, another local person, Dhan Singh Naag said, " Naveen Patnaik has no connection with people. Leaders and ministers also don't get any chance to meet him. He does not communicate with the people even during the election campaign. Even in Kantabanji, no one could ask Naveen questions."

BJP Kantabanji candidate Laxman Bag slammed the Chief Minister for doing no development work in the constituency despite being in power for 24 hours. "Odisha is rich in all natural resources. But due to the inefficiency of the 24-year-old Chief Minister, Odisha is lagging behind in all areas. Naveen is far away from the people responsible and people's problems. the Non-Odia Gumasta remote controlled Chief Minister. The Prime Minister has called upon the people to bid farewell to Naveen this time," Bag said. 

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