Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, during his campaign for the Nuapada by-poll, Saturday wooed tribal voters, targeted Opposition BJD president Naveen Patnaik and called the former CM’s party a “sinking boat.”

Tribals constitute over 35 per cent of Nuapada’s over 2.53 lakh voters.

Majhi went to Sunabeda Wildlife Sanctuary, offered prayer before their presiding deity Goddess Suna Dei, had lunch with a tribal family and said he could understand the plights of people living in hills.

“As a tribal, I can understand their problems. The tribal families, even after 78 years of Independence, are deprived of basic facilities like drinking water, electricity and roads in their villages. I will ensure all such facilities,” Majhi told a gathering.

Claiming that he is the first chief ministe

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