Rourkela: Taking aim at Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik during an election meeting in Sundargarh town on Thursday evening, BJP national president JP Nadda called the BJD government a ‘remote-controlled’ government.
Nadda was campaigning for BJP’s Sundargarh Lok Sabha candidate Jual Oram and other contenders from Sundargarh, Talsara and Rajgangpur assembly constituencies Kusum Tete, BS Bhoi and Narsingh Minz respectively.
Making a veiled attack on 5T chairman and BJD leader VK Pandian, Nadda said, “It is painful that you choose one and rule over the other. This is a black spot on the pride and self-respect of Odisha. I am sad that BJD MPs and MLAs are made to sit below and officers are made to sit above. This is insulting to Odia people and they will not tolerate it.”
He also criticized the new government for not implementing the Ayushman Bharat scheme, saying migrant Odia workers were not getting benefits from BSKY.
He called on the House to vote for the saffron party’s three assembly candidates to send Jual Oram to Parliament once again to ensure Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s third term in office and guarantee the formation of the BJP government in Odisha.
“If BJP comes to power, the next CM will be young, born in Odisha, well connected to Odia pride, culture and tradition and will listen and respond to the people in Odia,” he assured.
Highlighting the developmental activities witnessed in the country during the 10-year tenure of PM Modi, Nadda said, “India is now the second largest in pharmacy and mobile manufacturing and third largest in the automobile sector. During the COVID-19 pandemic, India developed two indigenous vaccines and supplied them to 100 countries, including free vaccines to 48 countries under Vaccine Maitri.
The BJP leader said India has now changed from a taker to a giver, highlighting the country’s rapid progress in the telecom, railways, highways and airport sectors and the development of national highways through Sundergarh, Talcher-Bimalgarh. Pointed towards. Rail line and Jharsuguda airport.
He also talked about the 310 km long Raipur-Jharsuguda new railway line to be built at a cost of Rs 2,166 crore.
