Odisha Assembly bypoll: BJP whips up non-supply of cyclone ‘Fani’ assist to nook BJD

Express News Service

BHUBANESWAR: With solely every week left for the Pipili bypoll, the BJP has intensified its marketing campaign by launching a scathing assault on the ruling BJD for steady neglect to the Assembly constituency regardless of its proximity with the State Capital.

A battery of leaders together with BJP nationwide spokesperson Sambit Patra tried to nook the BJD over lack of empathy for the Fani-hit individuals, a majority of whom are nonetheless ready for the cyclone help.

Launching his marketing campaign for occasion candidate Ashrit Pattnayak from Pipili NAC, Patra attacked the BJD for its incapability to disburse housing help to cyclone affected individuals even after greater than 15 months of receiving Central help value Rs 3,338 crore. 

State BJP vice chairman and election in-charge for Pipili NAC, Parvati Parida who was accompanying Patra in the course of the marketing campaign on Wednesday advised The New Indian Express that there’s a groundswell of help from individuals of the NAC which continues to be devoid of a good bus stand.

Parida stated round 1.27 lakh Fani-affected individuals are ready for housing help which was supplied in two phases by the Centre. 

“The lack of concern of the State government to the long-standing demand for a modern bus stand at Pipili and its apathy towards the problems of large number of appliqué artisans whose businesses were drastically hit after construction of the by-pass road to Puri are the main grouse of the voters,” Parida stated. 

General secretary Prithviraj Harichandan, who’s taking care of the occasion’s marketing campaign in Pipili block stated under-development of the constituency within the final 20 years, lack of industries, large unemployment, waterlogging and above all non-distribution of the Fani help to the affected households will go in opposition to the BJD. 

“I do not feel that sympathy factor for BJD candidate Rudra Pratap, son of Pradeep Maharathy, will work anymore. People have made up their mind for change as the BJD has miserably failed them election after election,” he added.

Harichandan stated the BJD ministers and senior leaders tenting within the constituency are attempting desperately to entice the voters by promising to launch their housing help after the election is over.  “It has come to our notice that some of the voters have received written assurance from the BJD that their Fani assistance will be delivered at their doorsteps once the poll is over,” he stated. 

Apart from BJP, leaders of BJD and Congress, the opposite essential contenders for the Assembly seat which fell vacant following the dying of sitting BJD MLA Pradeep Maharathy, began door-to-door marketing campaign within the constituency from Monday.