Now, Odisha to intensify demand for special category status
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has said that his government and the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) will pursue its demand for according special category status for the state. "We have always been demanding for special category status for Odisha. We'll do so again," Patnaik told the media yesterday while responding to neighboring Andhra Pradesh's demand for such status for it. Here's more.
We will make our demand more vocal: BJD leader
Earlier, BJD's leader in Lok Sabha Bhartruhari Mahtab said that Odisha will intensify its demand for special category status if the Centre grants such status to Andhra Pradesh. "Odisha has been demanding for special category state status since long. However, if the neighboring Andhra Pradesh gets the status, we'll make our demand more vocal," Bhartruhari Mahtab told the media.
Patnaik reiterates Odisha's demand at meeting with NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman
BJD's Bhartruhari Mahtab said: "Granting the status to one state and neglecting another is not fair. Any bias of the Central government in this matter will not be tolerated." Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik had recently reiterated Odisha's demand for special category status at a meeting with NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar who met him at the state Secretariat.
