Continuing his tirade against the BJP-led Central Government at the Centre, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday said the State has been a victim of Central neglect and conspiracy.
“Odisha is repeatedly being denied of its rights on the rivers flowing through it. In the cases of both Polavaram and Mahanadi issues, the State has been a victim of Central neglect and conspiracy. But we are determined to fight this out at every level till we achieve the desired results,” reiterated Patnaik while addressing a BJD legal Cell State executive meeting at the party headquarters here.
He also decried the discontinuation of KBK funds by the Centre and its “step-motherly attitude” towards the State.
The BJD supremo said people of the State with legal expertise under the banner of the BJD legal Cell would fight for protection of the people’s interests in the issues important for the State.
“The party’s legal front will continue to work for strengthening the justice delivery system. let us join hands to fight for Odia Swabhiman.”
On the occasion, Patnaik also opened the BJD legal Front’s website bjdlegalfront.com. law Minister Arun Sahoo and Barabati-Cuttack MlA Debasis Samantaray were present.