A day before the State Executive Committee meeting of the party, the BJP took stock of the political and social developments in the State in its State office-bearers’ meeting on Saturday.
Party leaders expressed concern over the growing law and order situation, controversy over paddy procurement, increasing violence against women and children, corruption in DMF and CAMPA funds, corruption and mismanagement of Covid-19, uncontrolled sand lifting, border dispute, defective education policy, acute shortage of drinking water and cattle protection issues.
The meeting chaired by State president Samir Mohanty unanimously hailed the achievement of the Union Government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the exemplary work on Covid management and vaccination drive and thanked Modi for his commitment to the people of Odisha in providing more PMAY houses, sanctioning toilets and including farmers in the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana. Party State observer D Purendheswari said, “Through our hard work, we should win confidence of people.”
Mohanty underlined the need to spread the good and pro-poor schemes of the Modi Government and asked party workers to go to all 37,000 booths and spread awareness about these schemes.