Bhubaneswar, April 28 -- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi took a dig at the ruling BJD in Odisha and BJP in the Centre for entering into a partnership in the State while addressing a public meeting at Salepur in Cuttack district on Sunday ahead of the 2024 elections here.

"While Narendra Modi government is running the government at the Centre for 22-25 billionaires, Naveen Patnaik government is ruling with a handful of people in Odisha and the selected ones are getting all the benefits. BJD and BJP have got married and they are running the government in Odisha in partnership. They have given 'PANN' as a gift to the people of Odisha. 'PANN' means Pandian, Amit Shah, Narendra Modi and Naveen Patnaik. Pandian (5T Chairman VK Pandian) is running...