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The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leaders and workers on Monday hit the streets in Bhubaneswar protesting the skyrocketing prices of essential commodities. They alleged that the BJP government has totally failed to check the price rise.
Holding placards and banners, the protesters gathered at Lower PMG and raised slogans against the newly elected BJP government and accused the Mohan Majhi government of crippling the lives of the poor and middle class.
“In New Year 2025, the BJD has descended on the battleground with new motivation, new role and new determination. The battle will go on; the voices of people should be heard. This government is only crippling the citizens with high prices and heavy taxation,” senior BJD leader Arun Sahoo said.
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“People have already started boycotting the BJP government in Odisha. Everyone is sad as Naveen Patnaik is not the CM anymore. Everyone is equally angry that this government has come by mistake; forget about the upliftment of people, they are only looting the people,” Sahoo alleged.
“This rise in prices is because of the Central government under PM Modi. They are double engine for double taxation and double loot,” he further added.
However, the BJP claimed that BJD was doing all the dramas only to gain public sympathy.
“When BJD was in power, Odisha stood No. 1 for high prices in India. Now that they are out of power, they are doing all these dramas. However, people of Odisha clearly know the prices soared under which government,” claimed Biranchi Narayan Tripathy, vice-president, Odisha BJP.
“Inflation was the highest, 7.1 per cent, during Naveen Patnaik's rule. Now, it has come down to 6.7 per cent under the BJP rule. This is just another drama by the BJD,” he added.
