BJD govt inefficient, will gherao Odisha Assembly: BJP

Dubbing the BJD government in Odisha as inefficient, corrupt and arrogant, the BJP today said it will gherao the state Assembly as part of a statewide agitation against the Naveen Patnaik regime.
"The Odisha Assembly building will be gheraoed by BJP workers in November in protest against inefficiency, inertia, callousness, corruption and arrogance during the BJD rule," BJP's Odisha in-charge Arun Singh told reporters here.
Hitting out at the ruling BJD, Singh said the party would corner the state government over a number of issues including the multi-crore chit fund scam in which several BJD MLAs and MPs are allegedly involved.

Besides the chit-fund scam, the state witnessed largescale irregularities and corruption in many sectors including distribution of ration cards under the National Food Security Act, he said.
While the health sector is in shambles amid acute shortage of doctors, law and order situation has deteriorated in the state, Singh alleged.
During 2015-16, incidents of rape soared by about 13 per cent, while crime increased by 10 per cent and atrocities against women by eight per cent, the BJP leader claimed.

In a bid to pull the state government out of morass, BJP would stage demonstrations in all district headquarters in the state from September 15 to 20, he said.

Slamming the BJD government for the attack on Union Ministers' convoy recently at Bargarh, Singh said BJP workers were being booked for murder charges and sent to jail.
BJP workers were also being beaten up while staging peaceful demonstrations, Singh said, adding the party has considerably strengthened its organisation at the grassroots level and was ready to take on the ruling BJD.
The party would also organise a programme, "Azadi 70 - Yaad Karo Kurbani", from August 9 to 23 and several Union ministers would visit places associated with the freedom struggle, Singh added.