Bhubaneswar, April 19 -- union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday took a sharp swipe at Leader of the Opposition Naveen Patnaik, urging him to refrain from "spreading misinformation" on the issue of delimitation and instead present fact-based views.
In a post on social media platform X, Pradhan said it was difficult to understand why a senior leader like Patnaik was expressing concern and surprise over what he described as a "positive development" - the possibility of nearly a 50 percent increase in Odisha's representation in Parliament.
Calling Patnaik's recent remarks to the media "surprising," Pradhan alleged that such statements were creating confusion among the people of Odisha and lacked factual basis. He went further t...