Bhubaneswar, April 26 -- A well-planned conspiracy has been hatched to hand over power to VK Pandian through the backdoor, said BJP leader Samir Mohanty on Friday.

Launching a broadside against Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for contesting from two seats, Mohanty said, "There is a plan behind the Chief Minister fighting elections from two seats. As per our guess, he will leave a seat for him who has been placed second in the party's star campaigners' list and who travelled across the state and held meetings in the past."

"His (Chief Minister) motive is that he will introduce the Babu, who is VK Panidan' to the people and hand over the ultimate governance power to him," Mohanty said.Also Read |CM Naveen represented Hinjili for 24 years; h...