Senior BJP leader and Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday campaigned at Kairajhuli under Ullunda block of Subarnapur district and lambasted the State Government and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at a huge public meeting.
Pradhan said the State Government is hoodwinking the people by naming the Central Government programmes as its own and using them to garner votes. The Narendra Modi-led Union Government has provided huge amount of funds to Odisha. The State Government is not utilising it properly and is always alleging that the Centre is neglecting the State.
Education, health and agriculture sectors have been worst affected during the tenure of Naveen Patnaik, Pradhan alleged and appealed to the people to ensure victory of all BJP candidates in ZP zones of the district.
He further said the district has remained underdeveloped during the 17-year tenure of the BJD Government. Former teacher Budhuram Tripathy, Sriram Meher, Kalia Pradhan,Upendra Tripathy, Bijaya Mishra and many others formally joined the BJP in the meeting. Among others, district pravari Jugal Kishore Sahu, State Executive body member Baldev Bedbak, Anand Barik, district president Bijaya Mahakud, Raghubir Panigrahi, media cell Pravari Kishore Hota and Sradhhanjali Mishra were present.