Odisha chief minister naveen patnaik has put an end to the controversy by clarifying the identity of the woman who accompanied him to Vatican City. odisha chief minister naveen patnaik visited Vatican City in june last year to meet Pope Francis and receive his blessings. A woman was also with him at that time. The video recently went viral on social media. Subsequently, the opposition parties in the state questioned who the mysterious woman was. However, silence was maintained on the Chief Minister's side. In this situation, odisha chief minister naveen patnaik has put an end to the controversy by clarifying the identity of the woman who accompanied him to Vatican City. chief minister naveen patnaik has given an explanation for this in the Legislative assembly while the Monsoon Session of the odisha State assembly is underway.
“The girl who accompanied me to the Vatican was named Shraddha. He is my physiotherapist. My sister late Geeta Mehta sent him to take care of my physical fitness. Shraddha was not allotted any government flats. The odisha government did not pay his travel expenses. Everything is taken care of individually. We should use the precious time of this Mahasabha to discuss issues of common interest.” naveen patnaik said. Photos and videos of naveen Patnaik's visit to Vatican City in june last year surfaced on social media recently. A woman was also with him. Subsequently, the bjp as an opposition party inside and outside the assembly raised the question that there is a mysterious woman with the chief minister and who is she.
Earlier, BJP's leader of Opposition Jayanarayana Mishra raised the issue in the Assembly. But there was confusion among them. His speech was also not included in the notes. He questioned who the woman was and alleged that she had been allotted a government house. odisha chief minister naveen patnaik, who visited italy last year on the invitation of World Food Programme, met the Pope on the third day of his visit to Italy. Then, officially, his personal secretary VK Pandian also accompanied him. After naveen patnaik and VK Pandian were blessed by the Pope, a woman also received a blessing. When these photos and videos were released and went viral, the opposition bjp was raising questions about it.
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