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Odisha's mineral dues, Kotia and Mahanadi: BJD says BJP too weak to fight
The BJD has accused the BJP of compromising Odisha's mineral revenue and of going soft on the Kotia and Mahanadi disputes. Naveen Patnaik wrote to Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi over Andhra Pradesh's panchayat poll notification in disputed Koraput villages.
Naveen questions silence on Andhra's Kotia poll notification
BJD president Naveen Patnaik has asked Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi why the State government is silent on Andhra Pradesh notifying panchayat elections in three villages of the disputed Kotia Gram Panchayat, asking whether political dependence on the TDP is behind the silence.