Cong slams BJP, BJD for ‘indifference’ towards people

 Bhubaneswar, Dec 25: Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) chief Niranjan Patnaik today slammed Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for what he alleged their ‘indifference’ to the issues concerning the people of Odisha.

He told reporters here Tuesday that both the leaders are ‘trying to fool the people’ by giving false promises.

“Modi’s visit to Odisha cleared the political scenario and proved that the BJP and the BJD have an anti-farmer stance and they share secret ties,” he alleged.

He said, “Both Naveen and Modi have betrayed people of Odisha. Naveen babu had declared 75% irrigation in each block… Has it been done even in a single block out of the 314 in the State? He thinks people of Odisha are fools. They are trying to hoodwink people by taking the name of Lord Jagannath. The doubt about a secret unholy nexus between the BJP and the BJD has been proved true,” said the PCC chief.

However, BJD spokesperson Pratap Deb denied any pact between BJP and his party and said that the party has always maintained equidistance from both the BJP  and the Congress.

“We have always maintained an equidistant political stance both from the BJP and the Congress. We are accountable to people of Odisha because they have reposed faith on us for four consecutive times and we don’t need to answer the BJP or the Congress,” he asserted.