India, April 19 -- Former Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik, who was on Saturday unanimously re-elected as Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president for the ninth time in a row, accused the state's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of continuing to spread false narratives against the BJD.

Patnaik said that the BJD lost the assembly polls last year by a narrow margin as it couldn't effectively counter the false narrative. "We should be aggressive in exposing this false narrative especially in social media. I have full faith in the BJD workers, brothers and sisters. They are the ones who will give a befitting reply to the false propaganda. We need to strongly improve our social media presence and use technology to tell facts," he said.

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