Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Bhubaneswar BJP MP Aparajita Sarangi on Saturday lashed out at the Odisha Government for allegedly not giving Prime Minister Narendra Modi due credit in all the recent development programmes undertaken in the State.
Hitting out at Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and the ruling BJD, Pradhan said the Prime Minister has been instrumental in fostering many initiatives for progress of Odisha, but the State Government completely ignored his role and did not display any sign of acknowledgement in the recent events including the inauguration of the world-class Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium in Rourkela and commencement of the Bhubaneswar-Rourkela flight as part of the UDAN scheme or inauguration of the Deloitte Centre in Bhubaneswar.
“The Odisha Government made no effort to thank the Prime Minister and the role of the Centre in yesterday’s or today’s events. There was no poster or banner of PM Modi in any of the major events. This is not expected from Odisha. The BJD should consider this and acknowledge the Centre’s role in whatever success the State is reaping now,” Pradhan said.
Reacting to Pradhan’s observations, Odisha Minister Tukuni Sahu said, “The BJP is in the habit of making a mountain out of molehill and their baseless allegations against us on nonissues are nothing new. There has been a lot of development in the past 22 years under the leadership of CM Naveen Patnaik.”