Bhubaneswar, Aug. 30 -- The Opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) today lambasted the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Odisha for its 'poor' approval rating among the people in a survey conducted by a media house recently.

Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has been adjudged as the 8th best performing Chief Minister in the country with an approval rating of 34.2 per cent among the people as per the 'Mood of the Nation' survey conducted by the 'India Today' media group.

The BJD claimed that its leader Naveen Patnaik had been positioned as the most popular Chief Minister in his home state by the same survey within just five years of its formation.

"Our leader Naveen Patnaik had been adjudged as the most popular Chief Minister ...