BJD calls Odisha bandh on July 5
Ruling BJD along with six other non-BJP and non-Congress parties has called a Orissa bandh on July 5 opposing the UPA government's decision to hike fuel prices and decontrol petrol and diesel rates.
The six parties who have gone along with BJD to call the bandh are CPI, CPI(M), Forward Bloc, RJD, Samajwadi Party and JMM.
In a joint statement, the leaders of the six parties said the UPA-II government at the Centre had hiked fuel prices thrice during the past six months thereby causing prices of all essential commodities to rise.
While the food inflation remained above 17 per cent, the hike in kerosene price had come as a major blow to the poor and labour sections who were already hit by inflation, the statement said.
The six parties who have gone along with BJD to call the bandh are CPI, CPI(M), Forward Bloc, RJD, Samajwadi Party and JMM.
In a joint statement, the leaders of the six parties said the UPA-II government at the Centre had hiked fuel prices thrice during the past six months thereby causing prices of all essential commodities to rise.
While the food inflation remained above 17 per cent, the hike in kerosene price had come as a major blow to the poor and labour sections who were already hit by inflation, the statement said.
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Raising the issue in a special mention during Zero hour, member Ashok Chandra Panda informed the House that recently IIT, Aragul authority recruited nearly 300 class III and class IV employees among which only 15 Odia youths have been selected. The rest 285 employees belong to West Bengal only, he alleged.
Expressing concern over partiality maintained by the authority, Panda alleged that Odia language is rarely heard in the premises of the premier institute as most of the officials are from West Bengal only. “The Director of the Institute is favouring Bengali people as he himself is a Bengali,” alleged Panda informing that Central Government has appointed SC Chakrabarty, a Bengali as Director of IIT, Aragul.
Panda further alleged that out of total 10 lecturers recruited, 7 belong to West Bengal. Besides, most of the people engaged in construction work of the proposed IIT are also Bengalis and they have been given so favour that most of them are above 60 year age, panda rued adding that the Director has violated concerned laws while recruiting such employees. Panda also alleged that most of the construction materials are being purchased from West Bengal which causes heavy revenue losses to Orissa “Construction materials are being purchased from an agency of Kolkata named AIMR Agency,” Panda informed. Panda requested the State Government to take appropriate steps against the discriminations made by the authority before it goes out of hand.
Other legislatures like Ramesh Chandra Chau Patnaik, Bhagirathi Badajena, Pritiranjan Ghadai supported Sri Panda.
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