Bhubaneswar

Centre accused of anti-Odisha stance by BJD

PNS

An extended executive body meeting of the BJD was held at the Townhall here on Wednesday under the leadership of Subarnapur District BJD president Saroj Kampa.

District observer and School and Mass Education Minister Badri Narayan Patra, Housing and Urban Development Minister Niranjan Pujari, WODC Chairman Kishore Mohanty, former Minister Puspendra Singh Deo,Birmaharajpur MlA Padmanav Behera highlighted the success of various developmental schemes of the BJD Government and urged the leaders to make BJD stronger in district. The arbitrary construction of barrages and dams in Mahanadi river by the Chhattisgarh Government and the Central Government silence over it and the Prime Minister’s not giving time to a delegation to the State which had gone to meet him to demand hike of paddy MSP and closure of eight developmental schemes by the Centre was criticised by the BJD leaders. Among others Birmaharajpur block Chairman Santosh Bhoi, Dunguripali block Chairman Makardhwaj Sahu, Sonepur block Chairman Mandakini Nag, Subarnapur district BJD vice-president Kainru Swain, Ramesh Pujari, district general secretary Abhimanyu Kushal, district BJD youth president Ashok Nanda  were present.