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Odisha apart, Patnaik had also served as principal accountant general of West Bengal and Kerala.Welcoming him to the party fold, Naveen said, “I am extremely happy that Patnaik has joined our party today. “Hence, it is an attempt to cover up those corruption charges,” Niranjan said. Even when I was the principal AG of the state, I had always admired him for his prompt action in governance,” he said.The former AG said he was also inspired by the life of Naveen’s father and former chief minister Biju Patnaik. He has worked in many states and has rich administrative experiences. “I will work with devotion, dedication and determination for development of Odisha and its people,” Patnaik added.BJD insiders said that the party may field him as its Lok Sabha candidate from a coastal parliamentary constituency.Reacting on the development, state Congress president Niranjan Patnaik said as the former top auditor, Patnaik, possesses a lot of information about corruption by the BJD government..