Puri: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi today slammed the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) while presenting his progressive report card as his government completed 100 days today.
The first ever BJP government led by CM Majhi organized a mega event in the holy town Puri to celebrate completion of 100 days in office. Majhi, a tribal leader from Keonjhar district and a four-time MLA, assumed office on June 12, after the BJP dethroned the Naveen Patnaik-led BJD after 24 years.
Addressing the gathering, Shri Majhi slammed the previous BJD government claiming that the people of Odisha rejected the party in the election for being “anti-people and arrogant”.
“They (BJD) have also indulged in the heinous act of using Lord Jagannath’s name for petty political gains,” the Chief Minister said, without elaborating.
The last election has proved that the people do not tolerate a government that maintains distance from them and their problems, he said.
The Chief Minister said the party’s election manifesto is a “scripture” for him and his administration has fulfilled the promises made to the people.
“Our party was elected by the blessings and support of the people. During campaigning, our top leaders have promised to carry out some work. During the last 100 days, we have fulfilled many such tasks. Our manifesto is a scripture for me,” Shri Majhi said.
Presenting the Report Card, the Chief Minister said that the government is fully committed to fulfilling the aspirations of the people while marching towards making ‘Viksit Odisha’ by 2036.
He informed that the BJP government took prompt steps to open four gates of the Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri and the Ratna Bhandar of the 12th century shrine. A corpus fund of Rs 500 crore has been created to ensure proper management of Jagannath Temple. Similarly, Rs 200 crore has been earmarked for the protection of Odia Asmita, he pointed out.
Shri Majhi said that the government also launched Subhadra Yojana to provide financial support to women as promised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Significantly, the BJP Government has launched tough measures against corruption in the state, Shri Majhi said, adding that altogether 71 corruption cases were registered in just 100 days and 58 government officials, including 17 Class I and Seven Class II officers, arrested.
Apart from these, Shri Majhi said, as promised in the election manifesto, the state government has already made provision of providing Rs 3,100 per quintal as the MSP of paddy.
The BJP government has made a budgetary allocation of Rs 5,000 crore for the purpose and farmers will get the amount over their paddy sale. The State has also launched the CM-Kissan scheme for farmers, who will get financial assistance along with the PM-Samman Nidhi scheme, he stated.
The Chief Minister said that his government has also launched the “biggest ever” women-centric scheme, Subhadra, under which each beneficiary will get Rs 50,000 over a period of five years.
“This is assistance and not a loan. The women need not return the money, but could utilise the amount in becoming self-sufficient,” he said.
Accusing the previous BJD regime of depriving health benefits to the people of Odisha due to its “ego”, Shri Majhi said his government was all set to implement the Ayushman Bharat scheme so that people can avail free treatment in 27,000 hospitals in and outside the state
The CM said that he has been listening to the people’s problems by regularly holding grievance meetings and a large number of issues were addressed.
Though such meetings are now being held in the State Capital Bhubaneswar, the government has planned to hold such sessions in various regions of the state, Shri Majhi said.
“We also do not need a certificate from any private organisation to beat the drums of the government. It is the people who will give the certificate to the BJP government,” he said.