BJD takes credit for projects funded by Centre: Cong
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday accused the Congress and the BJP of lacking sincerity for development of Odisha and the State capital in particular.
Patnaik, who had earlier dubbed the Congress as "corrupt" and the BJP as "communal", raised questions on their sincerity while campaigning for the ruling BJD candidates for the January 8 elections to the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC). He visited several wards.
leader of Opposition in the State Assembly Bhupinder Singh, who too campaigned for his Congress party candidates in a ward visited by Patnaik, claimed the people of Odisha now want change. "The people across the State now say ‘enough is enough’. The BJD has already ruled for 15 years," Singh said.
Singh also asserted that the Congress-led UPA Government at the Centre has funded all the developmental activities undertaken in the BMC area. "The BJD Government is taking credit for developmental works which are funded by the Centre," he said.
Senior BJP leader and former Minister Biswa Bhusan Harichandan during his campaign blamed the BJD for the lack of hygiene in the State capital.