Former Chief Secretary Sudhanshu Bhushan Mishra on Saturday viewed that Odisha would continue to remain poor as long as Odias suffer from inferiority complex.
People of Odisha need to change their mindset if the State is to progress, Mishra said while addressing a seminar here on Saturday. Besides, he said, education and irrigation should be given priority to achieve a sustainable development of the State.The seminar on overall development of Odisha was organised by the Gurujan Parishad to mark the birthday Parala Maharaja Krushna Chandra Gajapati.While former Vice-Chancellor Prof Baidyanath Mishra inaugurated the colloquium, former Income-Tax Commissioner Kartik Chandra Chand presided over it.
Prof Mishra lamented that Odisha, though rich in natural resources, has witnessed rising poverty and prejudices and its people’s living standard has remained static over the years.Former Finance Minister Panchanan Kanungo emphasised on mass awareness and united political efforts for the State’s development. Former Chief Income-Tax Commissioner Swaraj Kumar Mohanty blamed the Government’s lack of vision which is primarily responsible for impediment of the State’s overall development.
Among others, Parishad secretary Dr Sadananda Dikshita, Er Bipin Bihari Panda, Dr Jatish Mohanty, Er Sarat Chandra Mohapatra, Prof Aarabind Patnaik, Natabar Khuntia, Nadia Chand Kanungo, Subash Chandra Das, Bhubanananda Tripathy, Prof Bishnu Charan Mishra, Justice Uma Charan Mishra, Radhesyam Bhuyan and Sudarshan Pradhan shared their views on the occasion. Arun Kumar Nayak proposed a vote of thanks.