Bhubaneswar, March 5 -- Former Odisha CM and State LoP Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday paid tribute to former CM and his father, Biju Patnaik, on his birth anniversary in Bhubaneswar. BJD celebrated the 109th birth anniversary of Biju Patnaik in the party office in Sankha Bhawan.

Former CM and LOP Naveen Patnaik attended the meeting and slammed the BJP government in his speech.

In his speech, Former CM and LOP Naveen Patnaik said, "It is very unfortunate that just after coming to power in Odisha, the BJP Government tried to change the name of the Biju Krida Puraskar. Faced with strong protests from people, they were forced to reverse their decision."

"Recently, there have been shameful incidents across the state of statues of Late Biju Pat...