The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which believes in empowerment of people and change in system, would like to see a change in the State of Odisha. let the people ask the BJD Government what it has done for the development of people of the region in last 17 years, said AAP MlA from Chandini Chowk Alka lamba addressing a gathering of party workers here.
The Delhi Government has taken several measures for improvement in education and healthcare and has opened Mohalla clinic for better health services for people and higher amount of compensation for farmers in case of drought, pointed out lamba.
She also hit out at the Narendra Modi Government, saying the BJP Government which promised to provide Achhe Din brought more troubles for common man. The demonization affected common man the most and neither black money was checked nor cross border terrorism stopped; rather the rich people got richer, lamba said further.
The Goods and Services Tax (GST), projected as a historic step, has increased the hardship further. Has the price of petrol and diesel fallen after introduction of the GST, she asked.
The sharp rise in business of company of Jay Saha, son of BJP president Amit Saha, in just one year points out how people close to power benefitted while common man suffered, pointed out lamba further.
What could be more shameful for a nation whose position in Hunger Index has been placed at 100 while small neighborhood countries are better placed than others, lamba said. She called upon the AAP workers to strive hard so that people are empowered and a new AAP Government comes up in Odisha.
Among others, Naresh Yadav, Premchand Jagirdar, Nishikant Mohapatra, Ajaya Das and Sunil Goyal spoke.