BJD’s Sports Plan A Pre-Poll Political Gimmick: Opposition | OTV News

Bhubaneswar: The Opposition-BJP and Congress in Odisha have termed Biju Janata Dal (BJD)’s plan to organise sports activities tournaments from panchayat to district ranges within the State as a political gimmick earlier than the panchayat polls.
While political consultants view it as a bid by the ruling occasion to strengthen its loosening base amongst youths and college students, the BJD, nonetheless, has known as the occasion as an train to find hidden sporting abilities.
The BJD on Saturday unveiled the emblem of the programme and finalised the blueprint to organise cricket and soccer premier leagues in panchayat, block and district degree.
“The Chief Minister is going to launch some programmes which will give a good platform to the budding talents to prove their mettle in State, national and international level,” BJD MLA Amar Satpathy mentioned.
On the opposite hand, the BJP has dubbed the programme as a political gimmick.
“BJD usually comes up with such ideas to garner public support just before the elections. Be it the distribution of mobile phones to youths in the name of Biju Yuva Bahini or the distribution of bat and balls, these announcements are part of their political tricks. But, once elections are over, the party doesn’t remember the youths who worked for them during the polls,” State BJP spokesperson Amar Nayak mentioned.
Echoing related views, the State Congress has mentioned that dragging sports activities into the political subject is pre-poll ways of BJD.
“This is political stunt of the ruling party as the panchayat and civic body polls are approaching. The party had launched Biju Yuva Bahini before the general elections,” requested Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Niranjan Patnaik.
BJD sources mentioned as many as eight groups of each soccer and cricket comprising chosen gamers from panchayat degree can be constituted. In this fashion, 32 groups can be shaped in each district for the premier league.
The occasion has appointed an observer to pick gamers who will participate within the tournaments. The BJD has launched the initiative in Mayurbhanj district on a trial foundation and later it’ll broaden the programme progressively to different districts.
Political analysts opine that the brand new plan of the regional occasion could backfire as youths within the State now want employment after going a number of months of tumult as a result of Covid disaster.
“Youths and students were seen inclining towards BJP during last elections. So, the programme might be a plan of BJD to revalidate its support base among youth mass. At a time when youths are in a dire need of job, the plan of the ruling party may not yield much fruits,” political analyst Rabi Das mentioned.
It is value mentioning that BJD had carried out a dismal present within the final three-tyre panchayat polls. The occasion had occupied 654 Zilla Parishad seats within the State in 2012 polls whereas the determine got here right down to 473 in 2017.
(Edited By Suryakant Jena)

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