The ruling BJD and
Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee president Niranjan Patnaik said, "It is an assault of the Odia language. We will not tolerate such imposition of Hindi on Odisha by the Centre."
BJD Parliamentary Party leader Pinaki Mishra said, "We are the first state to be formed on linguistic basis and we will not allow anybody sidelining our mother tongue, particularly by any institution that is working for the people of our state."
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