Odisha Budget: Double-Engine Govt, Double Disappointment, Says Naveen Patnaik

Bhubaneswar: Leader of Opposition (LoP) and BJD president Naveen Patnaik said that the double-engine government has proved to be a double disappointment.

“I noticed that they have just renamed more than 40 of my government’s schemes. I will go through the state budget in details and then give my comments on it,” he told reporters.

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The Mohan Majhi government has renamed KALIA (Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation) scheme as CM-Kisan Yojana; Millet Mission as Shree Anna Yojana; Ama Odisha, Nabin Odisha as Viksit Gaon, Viksit Odisha, Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana as Gopabandhu Jana Arogya Yojana and Mo School Abhiyaan as Panchasakha Sikshya Setu Abhiyaan.

Similarly, flagship investment summit ‘Make in Odisha’ conclave has been renamed as ‘Utkarsha Utkal’, Biju Setu Yojana as Setu Bandhan Yojana and LAccMI Scheme as Gramanchal Paribahan, among others.

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Naveen had earlier slammed the Centre for ignoring Odisha in the Union Budget. He accused the BJP-led NDA government of overlooking Odisha’s demand for special category State status while allocating crores of funds for Andhra Pradesh and Bihar. He added that this was punishment meted out to Odisha for electing 20 BJP MPs to Lok Sabha.

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