Odisha Chief Minister and BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik met all Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MPs of the party and directed them to fight against the alleged central apathy towards Odisha’s cause. Although there have been reports of differences in opinion among the MPs, both BJD sources and Naveen Patnaik dismissed these as rumours. Lok Sabha MPs, including Jay Panda, Prasanna Patasani and Kalikesh Singhdeo talked to media and slammed the centre on the issue of allocation of funds.