BJD slams Dharmendra Pradhan for his claim on NDA govt’s contribution towards Odisha

BHUBANESWAR: The BJD on Friday hit back at Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan over his claim that the NDA government has injected over Rs 2.86 lakh crore to make sure fast expansion of Odisha.

The BJD at a information convention right here stated that the claims of the Union minister are far from the reality. Senior leaders of the BJD also sought clarifications from the Union minister on five disorders related to Odisha.

BJD leader Pratap Deb dared the Union minister to speak on five issues-- special category status to Odisha, increasing minimal strengthen worth of paddy to Rs 2930 in keeping with quintal, together with Odisha in industrial corridor, directing Chhattisgarh to prevent structures over Mahanadi and slashing oil costs.

“The Union minister’s claim regarding development of 5499 km national highways (NH) in Odisha in remaining four years is deceptive. While the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has constructed most effective 254 km of NH, additional 1058 km street has been constructed collectively by the state government and NHAI,” mentioned BJD leader Sanjay Das Burma, who was once also present on the information convention.

On the proposed 450 km coastal highways, Das Burma mentioned the Centre has now not initiated soft procedure for the Gopalpur-Digha coastal freeway even after four years of its announcements.


Refuting Dharmendra’s claim on allocation of over Rs 20,000 crore to Odisha in railway sector in previous four years, Das Burma mentioned the railway has generated revenue price Rs 35,795 crore from Odisha in the remaining four years.


“The state government has agreed to bear 50 in keeping with cent project cost and loose land for the Jeypore-Nabarangapur rail line. Also, a number of other projects are ongoing with joint effort of the state government and railway. How justified it is to claim that the Centre has sanctioned Rs 20,000 crore for Odisha?” Das Burma mentioned.


Senior BJD leader and well being minister Pratap Jena mentioned the Union minister must now not misinform the folks of the state on revenue from mining and coal sector.


BJP spokesperson Sajjan Sharma mentioned BJD is making an attempt to misinform the folks by question Centre’s contribution for Odisha. “Odisha has all the time change into a focus state for the Modi government. Since other folks have began rejecting BJD for its failure, they are looking to blame others,” Sharma mentioned.
BJD slams Dharmendra Pradhan for his claim on NDA govt’s contribution towards Odisha BJD slams Dharmendra Pradhan for his claim on NDA govt’s contribution towards Odisha Reviewed by Kailash on June 09, 2018 Rating: 5
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