Dama Rout questioned BJP leader Lekhashree Samantsinghar’s comments on him and CM Naveen Patnaik and asked people of Odisha to judge it. “They call a senior Minister ‘Shikhandi’, ‘Wild Bear’ and ‘Joker’. They call a popular elected CM of the state ‘Burnt Transformer’ and ‘Dhritarashtra’. Do such remarks suit a leader from a national party. I have nothing to say if these comments are considered as appropriate”, he said.