After Prime Minister Narendra Modi raked-up Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik’s heal♋t♛h, the latter on Wednesday countered the rumours about his health.
Earlier, the speculations about Patnaik’s health got꧋ intense as Modi raised it during a rally in the state. Modi doubted if there was any conspiracy behind Patnaik's rapidly deteriorating health.
On Tuesday, a vid🌠eo of BJD leader VK Pandian removing Patnaik's shaking hand from the public eye had triggered the speculations.
Countering the rumours about his health,🎉 Patnaik reportedly said all Modi had to do was to pick up the telephone and ring him up to ask about his h🦩ealth.
"He (Narendra Modi) said publicl�൩�y before that I am his good friend. All he had to do was to pick up a telephone and ring me up and ask me about my health," Patnaik was quoted as saying.
"Let me assure the Prime Minister that I ✤am in perfect health and I have been campaigning in the state for the last month," he a෴dded.
"My health is perfectly fine. Otheꦐrwise𓃲, I could not have campaigned amid this scorching heat," he said.
Odisha is currently undergoing elections f✤or both assembly and Lok Sabha.
Earlier, Modi during his rallies in Mayurbhanj and Balasore, stated said there were concerns over Patnaik's ܫhealth. H🦋e had termed it as “mystery” and said that his government would constitute a committee to find out the reasons behind the deterioration of Patnaik's health.
"Is there a conspiracy behind this? Is the lobby that is currentl🎐y running the Patnaik government on his behalf responsible for it?" Modi had sai꧅d.
