Madhusmita Acharya  Slams; BJP-BJD Partner In Odisha

BY AKSHYA ROUT

JAJPUR,FEB 19 :  All India Congress Committee Member (AICC) Madhusmita Acharya  started public contact programme in Dharmasala of Jajpur district on Monday.

Madhusmita alleged that the BJP and BJD has a “partnership” in Odisha and the Congress has been opposing them to protect the interest of the people of the state.

 In a brief speech, Madhusmita said, “As you know Naveen Patnaik and Narendra Modi run a partnership government in Odisha. They both have joined hands and work in tandem. I find in Parliament that BJD supports the BJP.

 The BJD people also disturb us at the instance of BJP”. Hitting out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Pattnaik, Rahul Gandhi said both leaders “run a partnership” government in Odisha. She claimed that it is the Congress party alone which has been opposing the BJD-BJP combine for the people of Odisha.

 The Congress leader also came down heavily on Odisha’s BJD government saying that as many as 30 lakh people from the state have migrated as labourers to other states for livelihood as the state government “was not working for them”. Said Madhusmita.She Said Odisha has a huge population of tribals, but they along with Dalits are being “neglected” in the state by the government.

 Arhrya Said  The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) – by alleging that the two parties were in a “live-in” relationship for over two decades now and they wanted to “swindle” the resources of the state.

Achrya  while addressing a public meeting at Jaraka She Said both the BJD and BJP – though posing themselves as political rivals – are actually “illegal” and “live-in” partners who have joined hands rule Odisha. “Marriage is a recognised relationship.

However, the BJD and BJP who have such a bond but they got separated in 2009, now maintain a live-in relationship. People of Odisha are not accepting such distasteful relationships and they would snub them in the coming Lok Sabha and Assembly polls,” said the Acharya.

 The Congress Woman leader, as political analysts maintained, was hinting at the BJD and BJP’s mutual cooperation in passing crucial bills in the Parliament, though they actually fought as rivals in Lok Sabha and assembly elections.

Archarya  took a potshot at the BJD leaders for “submitting” to the “authoritarian” rule of V K Pandian, a retired bureaucrat-turned politician who is now controlling the party affairs with strong backing by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.

“V K Pandian is a Tamilian. He was a bureaucrat serving under the state government before quitting job to join BJD ostensibly with a motive to hijack power.

 It surprises all of us how the BJD leaders, including ministers and MLAs, have sacrificed their Odia pride and accepted his leadership. What is more shocking is that these BJD leaders are seen sitting off-the-dais when Pandian addresses public meetings,” the Archarya Said.

She warned that the Congress would never allow a Tamilian to rule Odisha and ensure that the state is “served” by the Odias only. “Odisha is of Odias, by Odias and for Odias only. Nobody can hijack or subjugate Odia pride and make the Odias subservient to them,” said.