Bhubaneswar, Feb. 7 -- In the ongoing Mahanadi water dispute, Odisha Advocate General (AG) Pitambar Acharya has issued a strong rebuttal to former Chief Minister and Leader of the OppositionNaveen Patnaik.

Taking to X, Naveen had raised questions over the AG's absence during the latest tribunal hearing, prompting a sharp counter from Acharya.

Responding to Naveen's remarks on the dispute, Acharya said the former Chief Minister should have engaged in self-introspection before making such statements. He alleged that over the past seven years, Naveen's legal team had spent crores of rupees from the state exchequer without yielding results.

Acharya credited Chief Minister Mohan Majhi's positive approach for showing a constructive path forw...