BJD Government most non-performing: BJP

BJD Government most non-performing: BJP
Bhubaneswar(visakeo)The BJP on Saturday termed the BJD Government as the most non-performing and said the development of the State has taken a downturn since it came to power in 2009.

“Under the rule of BJD, Odisha is not at all safe now. The Maoists have taken control of many parts of the State while on the other side diseases like cholera and diarrhoea are spreading at an alarming speed, claiming several lives every day. These are the direct results of governance failure,” BJP State president Jual Oram alleged.

Addressing a Press conference here, Oram alleged that the State administration had totally collapsed and it had no presence in at least 12 blocks in Malkagiri, Gajpati, Sundergarh and Koraput districts and the State Government officials lived here at the mercy of the Maoists. This apart, the red rebels have consolidated their bases in at least 20 of the 30 districts, he added.

Expressing his anguish over non-performance of the Government, he further said, “I don’t find presence of administration anywhere in the State. Different territorial parts are being ruled by Maoists or mafias. In southern districts, tribal people are dying of cholera and diarrhoea due to lack of healthcare, basic infrastructure. Most of the people in this part of the State are literarily starving as PDS (public distribution system) food materials do not reach them on time,”

Coming down heavily on the BJD’s pro-Posco and pro-Vedanta congregations, Oram said the Government has feared the Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, who said in a meeting at Lanjigarh that he was working as sepoy for tribals assuring them that their right would certainly be protected. “Frightened with Rahul’s vociferous statement, the BJD is trying to woo the tribal voters, but the latter has already known how far the Government is fighting for Vedanta and Posco, but not for them,” he said.

The BJP State president announced that his party would launch a series of programmes against the failures of the Naveen Patnaik Government in November.