“BJP have cheated the individuals of Odisha”, he stated (File)
Bhubaneswar:
Chief of the Opposition in Odisha Meeting, Naveen Patnaik, on Monday claimed that the BJP got here to energy within the state promising to be a recreation changer, however ended up turning into only a “title changer”.
He additionally alleged that the federal government didn’t present sufficient funds within the finances for a number of schemes the saffron occasion promised in its election manifesto.
Whereas collaborating within the normal dialogue on the annual finances for fiscal 2024-25 within the meeting, the Biju Janata Dal president asserted that the BJP altered the names of 45 schemes of the earlier BJD authorities.
Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, who additionally holds the finance portfolio, introduced the BJP authorities’s maiden finances on July 25.
“The BJP stated its authorities will probably be a recreation changer, however sadly it has ended up being a reputation changer. It has introduced a name-changing and colour-changing finances,” stated Mr Patnaik who was the chief minister of Odisha for 5 phrases.
He claimed that 80 per cent of the earlier BJD administration’s schemes had been repeated within the BJP authorities’s finances.
“The BJP shaped the federal government by promising folks that they’d carry paribartan (change). After going by the finances paperwork, I discover this authorities has modified the names of 45 schemes,” stated the BJD president.
It reveals the robustness, pro-people and progressive character of the schemes designed and carried out by the BJD authorities, he claimed.
Although Mr Patnaik didn’t clarify what he meant by “color change”, he apparently referred to the change of the color of LAccMI buses (an reasonably priced bus service for villagers) from inexperienced to saffron after the BJP got here to energy within the state final month.
Mentioning a number of guarantees made by the BJP earlier than the elections, Mr Patnaik claimed that the finances didn’t provision for funds required to implement them.
The federal government will want Rs one lakh crore to implement the Subhadra scheme however the finances talked about solely Rs 10,000 crore, he stated.
“It will cowl lower than 10 per cent of the over two crore ladies of Odisha. What about the remaining 1.80 crore ladies? Mr Patnaik stated.
Underneath the scheme named after Lord Jagannath’s sister, money vouchers of Rs 50,000 will probably be offered to ladies of the state.
Mr Patnaik stated the BJP promised to extend social safety pension to Rs 3,500 monthly. There are about 50 lakh pensioners within the state, out of which hardly one lakh will profit as per the finances allocation, he claimed.
“What’s going to occur to the remaining 49 lakh pensioners between the age of sixty years to eighty years of age together with widows, PWDs and distressed individuals? You want about Rs 21,000 crore per yr to fulfil this promise,” he identified.
Referring to BJP’s announcement of Rs 3100 as MSP per quintal of paddy to farmers, Patnaik stated that the allocation saved within the finances won’t be sufficient to cowl even 30 per cent of the peasants.
This aside, Mr Patnaik stated that the BJP has promised 3000 models of free electrical energy. The Central authorities has deliberate free energy for one crore homes for all the nation and Odisha’s share could also be three lakh homes, he stated.
“We have now one and half crore homes within the state. Is that this the free electrical energy you promised to the individuals?” the previous chief minister stated.
Mr Patnaik claimed that within the subsequent 5 years, the BJP will not have the ability to cowl even 5 per cent of Odisha’s inhabitants below the 3000 models of free electrical energy scheme.
To create 25 lakh ‘Lakhpati Didis’ (self-help group members) by 2027 as promised by the BJP, the federal government will want about Rs 20,000 crore, whereas the allocation is just Rs 1,000 core for this, Patnaik stated.
He additionally demanded that the federal government desk the detailed listing of ‘Lakhpati Didis’ within the meeting.
Referring to the BJP’s promise of a developed Odisha by 2036, Mr Patnaik stated the finances supplies Rs 20 crore for the commercial hall connecting Rourkela-Sambalpur-Paradip and Dhamra by June 2027. A hall like this won’t value lower than Rs one lakh crore, he claimed.
Sharpening his criticism of the federal government, the BJD president described the BJP as a ‘Jumla’ (gimmick) occasion.
“I’m sorry, however you (BJP) have cheated the individuals of Odisha”, the BJD chief stated.
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