BHUBANESWAR: Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan has claimed "non-cooperation" through the BJD-led Odisha govt in efforts to draw funding in the state's food-processing sector, and sought a meeting with Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
The ruling BJD, on the other hand, accused Pradhan of playing "cheap politics" through freeing his letter to media.
The confrontation between the BJP and the BJD could be seen in the context of the following assembly election in Odisha subsequent year.
In a letter to Patnaik, the petroleum minister said he had written to him and the state govt at the wish to discover the market for the state's meals products in the Gulf, and in addition to draw buyers from those nations in the meals processing sector.
However, there was no response from the state govt and the executive minister's administrative center additionally did not acknowledge his letters, Pradhan claimed in his fresh letter dated the day past.
The minister additionally alleged that he has been "humiliated and called names".
"State officials have dubbed me as post peon and called me a Bihari. I am ready to face humiliation, but the anger on me should not deprive Odisha of its potential benefits," he said in the letter.
Pradhan additionally alleged that top officers weren't allowed to meet him to speak about funding in Odisha and said the executive minister will have to give him a possibility to meet and apprise Patnaik of funding opportunities for the state.
Instead of dumping my letter, give me a possibility to meet you at your administrative center as I'm keen to apprise you of my efforts for participation of in a foreign country buyers in Make In Odisha conclave to be held this year, he said.
Pradhan said business teams of UAE in meals and beverage business have evinced interest to discover the Odisha market for imaginable investments.
The Union minister said he had made a strong case about Odisha's advantages in spaces like infrastructure, agriculture, meals and marines products all over his fresh assembly with a number of buyers in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
Pradhan said he had additionally made a special reference to Paradip Port which has the potential to emerge as a meals processing hub for the gulf nations.
Odisha's diverse agro-climatic zones, woodland protection, water availability, skilled and professional manpower in addition to quite a lot of unique Odia meals products have excellent doable to find a place in Gulf nations, he said.
Pradhan said he had additionally highlighted quite a lot of products from Odisha's particular aromatic rice from western Odisha, marine products from Chilka, mangoes, exotic plants, turmeric from Kandhamal and ginger from Koraput which can also be exported to the Gulf region.
During the assembly in UAE, outstanding business teams like Emaar, Lulu, Al Maya, AKM and NMC confirmed interest to send their groups to discover Odisha market, the Union minister said, including that he made efforts to make the linkages between export doable of Odisha with the requirement of such products in the UAE.
He said there's a large scope to lift export of meals, processed meals, agriculture and marine products to the Gulf nations and Odisha will have to now not ignore it.
The ruling BJD, on the other hand, rubbished his price.
BJD spokesperson P Okay Deb in a statement said if Pradhan sincerely sought after funding in meals processing sector and growth of industrial in marine and meals products, he will have to channel the proposals through the ministries involved as a substitute of indulging in "cheap politics by releasing his letter to the media".
The ruling BJD, on the other hand, accused Pradhan of playing "cheap politics" through freeing his letter to media.
The confrontation between the BJP and the BJD could be seen in the context of the following assembly election in Odisha subsequent year.
In a letter to Patnaik, the petroleum minister said he had written to him and the state govt at the wish to discover the market for the state's meals products in the Gulf, and in addition to draw buyers from those nations in the meals processing sector.
However, there was no response from the state govt and the executive minister's administrative center additionally did not acknowledge his letters, Pradhan claimed in his fresh letter dated the day past.
The minister additionally alleged that he has been "humiliated and called names".
"State officials have dubbed me as post peon and called me a Bihari. I am ready to face humiliation, but the anger on me should not deprive Odisha of its potential benefits," he said in the letter.
Pradhan additionally alleged that top officers weren't allowed to meet him to speak about funding in Odisha and said the executive minister will have to give him a possibility to meet and apprise Patnaik of funding opportunities for the state.
Instead of dumping my letter, give me a possibility to meet you at your administrative center as I'm keen to apprise you of my efforts for participation of in a foreign country buyers in Make In Odisha conclave to be held this year, he said.
Pradhan said business teams of UAE in meals and beverage business have evinced interest to discover the Odisha market for imaginable investments.
The Union minister said he had made a strong case about Odisha's advantages in spaces like infrastructure, agriculture, meals and marines products all over his fresh assembly with a number of buyers in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
Pradhan said he had additionally made a special reference to Paradip Port which has the potential to emerge as a meals processing hub for the gulf nations.
Odisha's diverse agro-climatic zones, woodland protection, water availability, skilled and professional manpower in addition to quite a lot of unique Odia meals products have excellent doable to find a place in Gulf nations, he said.
Pradhan said he had additionally highlighted quite a lot of products from Odisha's particular aromatic rice from western Odisha, marine products from Chilka, mangoes, exotic plants, turmeric from Kandhamal and ginger from Koraput which can also be exported to the Gulf region.
During the assembly in UAE, outstanding business teams like Emaar, Lulu, Al Maya, AKM and NMC confirmed interest to send their groups to discover Odisha market, the Union minister said, including that he made efforts to make the linkages between export doable of Odisha with the requirement of such products in the UAE.
He said there's a large scope to lift export of meals, processed meals, agriculture and marine products to the Gulf nations and Odisha will have to now not ignore it.
The ruling BJD, on the other hand, rubbished his price.
BJD spokesperson P Okay Deb in a statement said if Pradhan sincerely sought after funding in meals processing sector and growth of industrial in marine and meals products, he will have to channel the proposals through the ministries involved as a substitute of indulging in "cheap politics by releasing his letter to the media".
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