26-Feb-2024

Bhubaneswar, 26.2.24(Bharat Prasaran) Odisha Congress under the leadership of PCC President, Sri Sarat Pattanayak today Gheraoed the state secretariat against the corruption, Crime against women, unemployment, price rise of essential commodities, MSP on agricultural issue and farmers issue along with many senior Congress leaders including AICC in charge Dr. Ajoy Kumar, Ex-PCC President Sri Jayadev Jena, Prasad Harichandan, Rama Chandra Khuntia, Co-incharge Christopher Tilak, Shahnawaz Choudhary, Secretary, AICC, Party MLAs Sri Suresh Kumar Routray, Tara Bahinipati, Md. Moquim, Ramesh Jena, Rajan Ekka, Dasarathi Gamango, Panchanan Kanungo, Bijay Pattnaik, Sibananda Ray, Mahila Congress President, Minakshi Bahinipati, Youth Congress President Ranjit Patra, NSUI President, Yashir Nawaz, OBC Chairman Bijayananda Chaulia, Biswajit Dash, Suvendu Mohanty, Pruthivi Ballav Pattnaik, Biswa Ranjan Mohanty, Amiya Pattnaik and thousands of Congress leaders and workers.
           All Congress workers and leaders went from the Congress Bhawan and marched towards the state secretariat but on the way the police cordoned off the Congress leaders and the workers. The PCC President Mr. Pattanayak while addressing to Congress workers and leaders has said that Odisha is the only state in country where corruption has been legalized by Mr. Naveen Pattnaik, Chief Minister of Odisha. You can’t find any department where there is no corruption. Few non Odia IAS officer and IPS officer along with Mr. Pandian a Tamilian are involved in looting the state resources. There are numbers of scams like mining, Dal, Chit fund, Electricity Infrastructure Tendering, drinking water projects, land, water cess. In last 24 years the BJD govt. under Naveen Pattnaik has looted the state. Today Odisha is the most backward state of the country. The Odia pride is under serious threat. A Tamilian Mr. Pandian is running the state administration but the ministers, elected representatives are running after him. This is the cruel joke to the people of the state. Crime against women has increased substantially and Odisha is the first state in the country so far crime against women is concerned. Prices of essential commodities has gone up to more than 200% in comparison to 2014 prices. Farmers are on the street they’re not getting MSP on their produce. Large number of youth are unemployed but the govt. dosenot recruit the post which are laying vacant for years together.

Criticizing the Narendra Modi Govt. Mr. Pattnaik told that the Prime Minister had  assured to the people of the country that to 2 crore jobs will be created, 15 lakhs rupees will be deposited in everybody’s account, all black money will be ceased, farmers income will be doubled by 2022, housing to all by 2022, MSP will be legalized but not a single assurance has been fulfilled in last 10 years.
           Dr. Ajoy Kumar while addressing the rally of the Congress leaders and workers has said that in Odisha a Pradhan and Pandian commission is going on since long. Both are working together to loot the state resources. But they are cheating the Odia people as if they are two different political parties. 30 lakhs Odia people are migrating to different states as bonded labour in search of livelihood. If Odisha is growing and there are lot many industries than why job is not available to the people of the state? It is Pandian and Pradhan they are fixing the mining contract, and all tendering works, transportation of the state both BJD and BJP are two sides of a coin they are one and only one. Giving votes to BJD means giving vote to BJP. If the people of the Odisha want a change and to secure their future then Congress should be brought to the power. Mr. Jayadev Jena while speaking to the rally has told the time has come we must fight against this pathological corrupt govt. Mr. Tara Bahinipati has also echoed  in the same line as other leader said. While marching towards the Lokseva Bhawan the Congress workers and leaders were stopped  by security forces  from moving ahead  and a tussle ensued between them. Thousands of Congress leaders has been arrested by the police and took them reserve police line. The prominent leaders who are arrested Dr. Ajoy Kumar, Ex-PCC President Sri Jayadev Jena, Prasad Harichandan, Rama Chandra Khuntia, Co-incharge Christopher Tilak, Shahnawaz Choudhary, Secretary, AICC, Party MLAs Sri Suresh Kumar Routray, Tara Bahinipati, Md. Moquim, Ramesh Jena, Rajan Ekka, Dasarathi Gamango, Panchanan Kanungo, Bijay Pattnaik, Sibananda Ray, Mahila Congress President, Minakshi Bahinipati, Youth Congress President Ranjit Patra, NSUI President, Yashir Nawaz, OBC Chairman Bijayananda Chaulia, Biswajit Dash, Suvendu Mohanty, Pruthivi Ballav Pattnaik, Rajani Mohanty and others.

Rajani Kumar Mohanty