BHAWANIPATNA: Back in Odisha inside a fortnight, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday attacked the Centre and state government for allegedly neglecting the backward and tribal-dominated Koraput-Balangir-Kalahandi (KBK) region. Addressing a public collecting at Bhawanipatna in Kalahandi district, Rahul reminded them of his make stronger to the primitive tribes of Niyamgiri hills in their combat towards bauxite mining whilst criticising the Narendra Modi government for scrapping two initiatives meant for the region, both of whom have been launched by means of earlier Congress governments on the Centre.
"Our party had launched both the schemes for overall development of tribals in Odisha. Congress always accorded special care and attention to tribals and took steps to protect their forest rights, land and water. But the Modi government snatched all your rights and destroyed the tribal welfare projects and policies launched during UPA rule," Rahul mentioned whilst addressing a meeting of around 30,000 with the picturesque hills serving as a backdrop alongside the Bhawanipatna-Junagarh road.
Congress leader promises to face by means of tribals
In August 18, 1995, former Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao had launched a long-term action plan for KBK to relieve starvation and usher in development. In 2006-07, the UPA-I government on the Centre had introduced the Backward Region Grant Fund (BRGF) in 20 backward districts, together with the KBK region, for total development. Both initiatives have been terminated within the 2015-16 Union Budget.
The KBK region contains districts of Koraput, Nabarangpur, Malkangiri, Rayagada, Sonepur, Balangir, Kalahandi and Nuapada and is thought of as a backward space within the state. Tribals constitute about 22 in line with cent of the state's just about four.five crore inhabitants with the bulk concentrated within the KBK region. In the 147-member Odisha meeting, 34 are reserved for applicants from Scheduled Tribes (ST), with a minimum of 13 tribal seats falling within the 8 districts of KBK region. Rahul additionally criticised leader minister Naveen Patnaik for doing little to relieve poverty, generate employment alternatives, make stronger healthcare and education gadget within the backward districts whilst he raised the problem of Dana Majhi, who needed to walk just about 10 km together with his spouse's frame on his shoulder within the absence of an ambulance in 2016.
The Congress president, who attempted to strike an emotional chord with locals by means of invoking reigning goddess Maa Manikeswari, mentioned he would stand by means of the tribals and offer protection to their rights just as he had stood by means of them all the way through their combat towards Vedanta. Rahul was acompanied by means of Chhattisgarh leader minister Bhupesh Baghel, who came down heavily on Modi for allegedly neglecting farmers. Some of the tribals had come from inner spaces of the district with a hope they could meet Rahul and apprise him of their issues. "I am not a supporter of any party. In our area we struggle to get water, electricity and healthcare," mentioned 71-year-old Kirtan Harijan from Jaipatna space of Kalahandi district.
Bhajaman Bag, another tribal, who ekes out a dwelling by means of promoting end result in Bhawanipatna, rued loss of development actions within the hinterland. "We hardly see implementation of the schemes announced by leaders of different parties," Bag mentioned.
"Our party had launched both the schemes for overall development of tribals in Odisha. Congress always accorded special care and attention to tribals and took steps to protect their forest rights, land and water. But the Modi government snatched all your rights and destroyed the tribal welfare projects and policies launched during UPA rule," Rahul mentioned whilst addressing a meeting of around 30,000 with the picturesque hills serving as a backdrop alongside the Bhawanipatna-Junagarh road.
Congress leader promises to face by means of tribals
In August 18, 1995, former Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao had launched a long-term action plan for KBK to relieve starvation and usher in development. In 2006-07, the UPA-I government on the Centre had introduced the Backward Region Grant Fund (BRGF) in 20 backward districts, together with the KBK region, for total development. Both initiatives have been terminated within the 2015-16 Union Budget.
The KBK region contains districts of Koraput, Nabarangpur, Malkangiri, Rayagada, Sonepur, Balangir, Kalahandi and Nuapada and is thought of as a backward space within the state. Tribals constitute about 22 in line with cent of the state's just about four.five crore inhabitants with the bulk concentrated within the KBK region. In the 147-member Odisha meeting, 34 are reserved for applicants from Scheduled Tribes (ST), with a minimum of 13 tribal seats falling within the 8 districts of KBK region. Rahul additionally criticised leader minister Naveen Patnaik for doing little to relieve poverty, generate employment alternatives, make stronger healthcare and education gadget within the backward districts whilst he raised the problem of Dana Majhi, who needed to walk just about 10 km together with his spouse's frame on his shoulder within the absence of an ambulance in 2016.
The Congress president, who attempted to strike an emotional chord with locals by means of invoking reigning goddess Maa Manikeswari, mentioned he would stand by means of the tribals and offer protection to their rights just as he had stood by means of them all the way through their combat towards Vedanta. Rahul was acompanied by means of Chhattisgarh leader minister Bhupesh Baghel, who came down heavily on Modi for allegedly neglecting farmers. Some of the tribals had come from inner spaces of the district with a hope they could meet Rahul and apprise him of their issues. "I am not a supporter of any party. In our area we struggle to get water, electricity and healthcare," mentioned 71-year-old Kirtan Harijan from Jaipatna space of Kalahandi district.
Bhajaman Bag, another tribal, who ekes out a dwelling by means of promoting end result in Bhawanipatna, rued loss of development actions within the hinterland. "We hardly see implementation of the schemes announced by leaders of different parties," Bag mentioned.
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