Watch | Naveen Patnaik's reply to PM Modi's remark on his health

Moments after Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a statement during an election rally saying he will constitute a special committee to investigate Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik's deteriorating health, the BJD chief responded to the remarks.

Patnaik in a press conference said, "I understand that the prime minister in a public meeting has stated that I am in a bad health and he wants to institute an inquiry into this matter."

"If he (PM Modi)was so concerned about my health then all he had to do was pick up a telephone and ring me up and ask me about my health," he added.

Patnaik said many people in the BJP have been spreading rumours about his health for the last 10 years. He reiterated, "Let me assure the PM that I am in perfect health and I have been campaigning in our state for the last month."

Pertinently, Modi while addressing a rally said that many of Naveen's well-wishers have been saying that his health has deteriorated and further alleged that there could be a conspiracy behind it.

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