Bhubaneswar, March 5 -- Biju Janata Dal (BJD) President Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday strongly criticized the BJP government in Odisha for its decision to change the date of the Panchayati Raj Diwas celebration from March 5 to another date. Addressing party workers on the occasion of the 109th birth anniversary of Biju Patnaik at the party office, Naveen said that since 1993, March 5 has been observed as Panchayati Raj Diwas in Odisha. He questioned the BJP government's decision, saying, "You have decided to shift the date of Panchayati Raj Diwas in an attempt to erase the legacy of the great Biju Patnaik." "Let me say one thing-you can change the names of awards, deface his statues, and alter dates, but you cannot take away the love and affe...