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Bhubaneswar MP Aparajita Sarangi and Odisha BJP Chief Manmohan Samal’s complaint with the Centre against 5T secretary VK Pandian, and the subsequent letter from the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) asking the Odisha government to take necessary action against the ‘erring’ IAS officer, seem to have opened the flood gates of accusations and counter accusations thereby heating up the state politics before the 2024 general election.

“Who has given such rights to the 5T secretary? Why the Chief Minister is not stopping him if such things are happening without his consent? Action should be taken against the 5T secretary for violating the rules,” OPCC chief Bijay Patnaik observed. 

Addressing a press conference, OPCC president Sarat Pattanayak on Friday launched a tirade against 5T Scretary.

The government will introduce a bill in this regard in the upcoming legislature session, which starts on July 3.

A group of youth Congress workers protested Pandian's visit to the district alleging nonfulfillment of several demands including setting up of a medical college in Bhadrak and university status to Bhadrak Autonomous College.

According to sources, the CMC Mayor, CMC Commissioner, corporators of several wards and BJD workers attended the stone-laying ceremony. When Singh was laying the stone for the renovation work, Congress workers gheroed him for not inviting the Barabati-Cuttack MLA, Mohammed Moquim to the event.

Launching a scathing attack, Moquim alleged that the State government officials are demanding 10-12 percent PC from the MLALAD fund and this is happening as the common man is not allowed to meet CM Naveen Patnaik.

A former three-time state minister, she will replace the incumbent Ashok alias Bhai Jagtap who served in the position since December 2020.

The Prime Minister was responding to McCarthy's tweet of June 2, when he had said, "It is my honor to invite @PMOIndia @narendramodi to address a Joint Meeting of Congress on Thursday, June 22nd."

Interestingly, during the recently-held Assembly elections, the Congress party had promised to provide 200 units of free power under the 'Griha Jyoti' scheme.

Addressing a press conference at the Congress Bhawan in Bhubaneswar, Patnaik said, “The UPA government in 2012 had introduced anti-collision device.

Addressing a large gathering in Ajmer, he hit out at the Congress and said the Congress is a party that gets 85 per cent commission in development schemes. It does not discriminate against anyone in looting. Be it the poor, deprived, tribals, Dalits, minorities, it loots everyone equally.

At a time when the opposition BJP has been alleging that Naba Das murder case was a government-sponsored and well-planned murder, the chargesheet submitted by the Crime Branch doesn’t have a mention of Section 120-B of IPC (criminal conspiracy).

They were issued showcase notices for their statements against the party affairs at a function at Suchana Bhawan in Bhubaneswar a few weeks ago on May 8.

To celebrate nine years of the Modi government, the BJP will embark on a month-long Jana Sampark Yatra in the State.