BHUBANESWAR: The state's two major opposition events, the Congress and the BJP, on Sunday slammed the BJD's plans to agitate over the Mahanadi water dispute in an all-party meeting right here.
The meeting was once convened through the Mahanadi Bachao Andolan (MBA), a pro-government organisation spearheading the motion for conservation of Mahanadi. BJP and Congress leaders attending the meeting mentioned the BJD agitation plan is supposed for narrow political good points.
Chief minister Naveen Patnaik is scheduled to flag off a Mahanadi Suraksha Yatra (Save Mahanadi Campaign) on May 16 from Sukhasoda village of Jharsuguda, the place Mahanadi enters Odisha from Chhattisgarh.
Speaking at the meeting, Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee president Niranjan Patnaik mentioned there's no scope of get pleasure from any agitation over the row. "Political leaders across party lines should meet PM Modi and request him to stop Chhattisgarh from undertaking projects. The agitation plan is only a move to exploit popular sentiments for electoral gains," he mentioned.
BJP veteran Biswabhushan Harichandan mentioned after the Centre notified a tribunal to unravel the dispute in March, the one means left for Odisha now is to struggle its case sincerely there. "The government should use legal luminaries to get a stay on Chhattisgarh's works," Harichandan mentioned. The all-party meeting was once attended through leaders from more than dozen political events. BJD vice-president Debi Prasad Mishra mentioned efforts have been indeed being made for a strategy to the problem. "The government will fight in the tribunal with all sincerity," he mentioned.
The MBA, in the meantime, is planning to reveal at the Kalma barrage in Chhattisgarh - the bone of competition between the 2 states. Convenor Sudarshan Das mentioned the principle challenge for Odisha now is to get the gates of Kalma barrages open in order that the river does not dry up. "We took an unanimous decision to write to the PM in this regard," Das mentioned. There might be convention of intellectuals, writers and artists in Bhubaneswar on May 29 at the factor, he mentioned.
The meeting was once convened through the Mahanadi Bachao Andolan (MBA), a pro-government organisation spearheading the motion for conservation of Mahanadi. BJP and Congress leaders attending the meeting mentioned the BJD agitation plan is supposed for narrow political good points.
Chief minister Naveen Patnaik is scheduled to flag off a Mahanadi Suraksha Yatra (Save Mahanadi Campaign) on May 16 from Sukhasoda village of Jharsuguda, the place Mahanadi enters Odisha from Chhattisgarh.
Speaking at the meeting, Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee president Niranjan Patnaik mentioned there's no scope of get pleasure from any agitation over the row. "Political leaders across party lines should meet PM Modi and request him to stop Chhattisgarh from undertaking projects. The agitation plan is only a move to exploit popular sentiments for electoral gains," he mentioned.
BJP veteran Biswabhushan Harichandan mentioned after the Centre notified a tribunal to unravel the dispute in March, the one means left for Odisha now is to struggle its case sincerely there. "The government should use legal luminaries to get a stay on Chhattisgarh's works," Harichandan mentioned. The all-party meeting was once attended through leaders from more than dozen political events. BJD vice-president Debi Prasad Mishra mentioned efforts have been indeed being made for a strategy to the problem. "The government will fight in the tribunal with all sincerity," he mentioned.
The MBA, in the meantime, is planning to reveal at the Kalma barrage in Chhattisgarh - the bone of competition between the 2 states. Convenor Sudarshan Das mentioned the principle challenge for Odisha now is to get the gates of Kalma barrages open in order that the river does not dry up. "We took an unanimous decision to write to the PM in this regard," Das mentioned. There might be convention of intellectuals, writers and artists in Bhubaneswar on May 29 at the factor, he mentioned.
Congress, BJP reach rare consensus, slam BJD for Mahanadi agitation
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