India, April 17 -- Former Odisha chief minister and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik on Thursday said the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government should focus on the state's growth and development instead of "demeaning the great sons of the soil".

"Attempts are also being made to change history, but they should remember that history reflects the connecting experience of a nation over a period of time. It cannot be changed at anybody's pleasure," Patnaik said at a gathering of party workers on the occasion of Biju Patnaik's death anniversary on Thursday.

Patnaik did not name the BJP or the state government led by chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi in his speech that comes against the backdrop of vandalisation of Biju ...