Odisha CM Being Manipulated Like Puppet By Former Bureaucrat, Says BJP Leader Baijayant Panda

Bhubaneswar: BJP’s national vice-president Baijayant Panda has said it was regretful that Chief Minister was being manipulated by a former bureaucrat.

In a post on his X (formerly Twitter) handle on Sunday, Baijayant said, “It is extremely sad to see Odisha’s CM being manipulated like a puppet by his ex-bureaucrat, now “politician” handler.”

He said it could be known by comparing AI-generated video messages of the chief minister from a helicopter with his actual videos in public appearance. “Contrast the AI-generated “video messages” with actually recorded videos of his (eg from a helicopter or rare public appearance). There’s a heaven & hell difference,” he said in the post.

Baijayant, who is also BJP’s Lok Sabha candidate for Kendrapada seat, termed it as abuse of elderly person and appealed to the media not to condone it. “People (& media), please do not condone such manipulation & elder-abuse. Insist on CM’s live announcements or recordings in your presence or else label all those AI-generated messages as such,” he said.

“The people of Odisha have a right to know who is telling them what,” he concluded in the post.

The BJD has not issued any comment on the post or made any response to it.