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Bhubaneswar, A government system set up by the National Heritage Act. The ASI is also working under this provision. The Archaeological Site of Puri-Konark Lingaraj is an ancient archeological site under the Heritage Preservation Act. The National Heritage Authority has drafted a draft by-law to protect some of Odisha's ancient monuments and make them public. We also have objections to its implementation process. Mahaprabhu Sreejagnath and Shri Lingaraj are the living Thakurs. Before doing anything about this, Shankaracharya, Gajapati Maharaj, Sevayat, temple administration, etc. should have been discussed.

But without that, the state government is trying to confuse the people of the state, ”said BJP state general secretary Dr. Lekhshree Samantasingh complained. The central government is sensitive to the law. After the issue came to light, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan spoke to the Union Minister of Culture and requested it from the first day for reconsideration. Later, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Pratap Sadangi, a delegation from the Odisha BJP and Puri services met Union Culture and Tourism Minister Prahlad Singh. The issue's end has the recaptured Puri in the spotlight. The state government has a report on the excavations of the Intak Lingaraj temple. See a copy of it - read once Intact's recommendations and opinions. The founding member of Intac is Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik himself. Why is the state government so quick? Samantasingha asked.

The identity of the ancient Kirtiraja Odisha. The Lingaraj temple was founded 100 years ago when the Puri temple was built. The Shuk-Shari temple is located in the old Bhubaneswar a hundred years ago at the Lingaraj temple. The protection of all these monuments is essential. But why does the state government want to create fear in the minds of the Oriya people by exposing fake demons? In the name of beautifying the Puri temple, the old monuments like Languli Math, Emar Math, Badchhata Math, Raghunandan Library have been destroyed. Such work in the name of beautification is not an acceptable name, there are different views in society. How can we agree to come to visit Lord Shree Gannath and pay homage to Guru Nanak or to destroy the monastery where Shri Chaitanya lived? What is the protection of this heritage by hastening the old building and laying tiles on the road, lighting and planting artificial trees? Samantasingha asked.

Bhubaneswar, The Join Congress social media campaign, launched by the All India Congress today, has been officially launched. In this context, on behalf of the Odisha Congress Social Media, PCC President Shri Niranjan Patnaik unveiled the logo of the Join Congress social media campaign and joined the Congress on social media through a mobile missed call. Called out.

He asserted that his confession had been obtained through torture, and that his confession had been obtained through torture. But the truth is coming to light on social media. "Let us all join hands on social media to fight Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi and fight against the false propaganda of the BJD-BJP and be the bearer of the progress of the state and the country," he said. Odisha AICC social media coordinator Binay Dokania, who attended the event, said there was anarchy across India. The NDA government is only using a lot of money to deceive the general public and loot the country's finances and property.

It's time to dump her and move on. " The campaign aims to connect 5 lakh volunteers and 50,000 Congress workers on social media through the campaign, he said. State Social Media Chairman Abhishek Mahananda will also join 21,000 volunteers in 21 parliamentary constituencies. Once all are trained, 2,100 of them will be selected and placed in various positions in the social media department.

Joining former minister Sanchanan Kanungo, among others, to announce that the program has been launched across the country, he said it was a commendable move to reach out to the people through social media. State Congress social media workers Sansida Taib, Jayata Roy, Shailendra Das, Deepak Kumar Mohapatra, Jagatjivan Mohanty, Subash Nayak, Muralidhar Nayak, guest Dibyasinghe, Mahepar Nikhat Pramukh, among others, were present at today's function.

Bhubaneswar: The Congress should give moral support to the farmers' movement for the repeal of the three arts and agriculture laws enacted by the central government and the immediate repeal of the law. Dhenkanal District Kisan Congress President Biprabar Sahu chaired a meeting of Dhenkanal District Kisan Congress President Ramakrishnapur near Bhubaneswar in Dhenkanal district yesterday against the central BJP and state BJD government's policy of killing farmers.

The farmer Mahapanchayat was made the secretary of the All India Congress Committee and in-charge of Odisha. Rudra Raju inaugurated the event as the chief guest and said that in the coming days, farmers' mahapan panchayats would be held at all district levels in the state and there would be strong protests against the agriculture and farmers of both the BJP and BJD governments. Addressing the function, Odisha Pradesh Kisan Congress President Shri Amiya Patnaik said that today the Narendra Modi government is cheating the country's food donors. It will never be tolerated.

This government is not in the interest of the farmers but in the interests of the capitalists. A blazing example of this has been a long 74 days in the cold, with farmers' unions demanding the repeal of the Black Agriculture Act, but it is unfortunate that the government has turned a blind eye to it. The Prime Minister himself questioned where the increase in the price of agricultural produce had been halved on the basis of Swaminathan’s recommendations in the two general elections. He demanded the repeal of the art law and the provision of legal guarantees in the MSP, as well as the state government to buy all the surpluses of the farmers and implement a bonus of Rs.

The farmers' mahapanchayat was inaugurated by former PCC vice-president Shuvendu Mohanty, Dhenkanal district Congress president Saroj Patnaik, state Kisan Congress vice-president Umesh Sahu and senior Congress leaders from various blocks.

Bhubaneswar, The first meeting was held today at the PCC office under the chairmanship of Mitravanu Mohapatra, president of the Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha Professional Congress. The meeting expressed support for the farmers' agitation against the Centre's Art and Agriculture Act. The meeting was attended by young people who have made a name for themselves in various fields and engaged in social services.

It was decided to form a public opinion against corruption, mismanagement and mismanagement of the Modi and new governments in their respective constituencies. It was decided to prepare more and more members to join the organization. Among others, senior Congress leader Shivananda Roy, Manoranjan Das, AIPC state secretary Manisha Nand, state coordinator Ranjit Kumar Mohanty, Sat Mohanty, district Congress legal cell chairman Manoj Nayak and many district Congress leaders and block Congress committee members were present.

Bhubaneswar, The National Secretary of the Students' Congress and the Odisha in-charge, Mr. Rosnallal, today inaugurated the "Do Do Degree Wapsa Lo" campaign of the Student Congress at the Bitu Pradesh Congress Office. The program is being conducted nationwide under the direction of All India Student Congress President Niroj Kundan. In this regard, Mr. Bitu said that both Modi and Naveen have deceived the youth and the student community. We will take this issue to the grassroots level and address the issue of unemployed youth at the panchayat level.

Mr Bitu criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying that the Prime Minister had announced to the people of the country that he would provide 2 crore jobs a year. The issue of Modi's Pakoda appointment has disappointed the student body and the youth. Young men and women in the country have degree certificates but no employment. He questioned the degree to which Home Minister Amit Saha's son Jai Saha and the Prime Minister had. Is Jai Saha qualified to take over as president of the Asian Cricket Association? He encouraged ordinary people as well to take part in solving this great task: "One of the things you and other people can do is keep up the pressure ... there are going to be some difficult decisions for government".

Respond to the injustices and oppression of Modi and Naveen. Speaking at the press conference, PCC president Yasir Nawaz said that 12 crore people had lost their livelihoods during the Korana period and that 12,000 had committed suicide, but Modi had advised Karona to leave for hours. Prior to Corona, the unemployment rate rose from 5.66 percent to 7.5 in 2019, according to a CMI report. More than 7 percent of people in the automobile sector lost their jobs.

In 2018, the unemployment rate broke a 45-year record, up 6.1 percent, according to government reports.

"The fortunes of our Odisha youth and students are tied to the spinning mills of Surat and the Etawahati of Andhra Pradesh," Nawaz said. In the coming days, the Student Congress will stage a statewide agitation against unemployed youth. Ministers, chief ministers and union ministers will be protesting on the streets. The press conference was attended by students Soumya Mishra, Dev Prasad, Akhulesh Yadav and Sagar Patnaik.

Bhubaneswar, Hundreds of BJD and BJP workers, led by Dilip Tarai, sarpanch of Andharua village panchayat, today joined the Congress party at the Congress building in Bhubaneswar, relying on Jatani constituency MLA Suresh Kumar Rautaray. On the occasion, Mr. Rautaray welcomed all the leaders and workers and said that your participation will strengthen the Congress party in the Jatani region.

Hundreds of prominent activists, including Aithi Muduli, Jayant Samantaraiah, Prahlad Behera, Manmohan Mahant and Shailesh Marandi, who have joined the Congress party, have promised to work for the Congress party in the coming days.

Bhubaneswar, when the election comes, politics begins with the Chief Minister's plaque. In the last few elections, the Chief Minister has forgotten about the placards. Today, on the occasion of Holy Netaji Jayanti and the Day of Power, the Chief Minister once again erected a plaque to confuse the people of Cuttack. Cuttack district president Prakash Behera alleged that the Netaji bus terminal was just an election.

Speaking at a press conference at the state office, Behera said that 10 years ago, on the occasion of Netaji Jayanti in Cuttack, the Chief Minister laid the foundation stone for the erection of a new monument to the historic old jail. Cuttackia and Orissans had many dreams of making parts of the prison a museum, placing memories of the freedom struggle in the narrative center, and sparking the long anti-British fight in Odisha from the Pike Rebellion. Today, 10 years later, the old prison has become a place for the souls of cows and drunkards.

Similarly, in 2013, the Chief Minister laid the foundation stone for the proposed bus terminal at Gopalpur-Balikuda in Cuttack on 43 acres. The Cuttack district commissioner informed about the proposed bus terminal today on a 30-acre site. The question is, where did the remaining 13 acres go? Mr Behera questioned whether the Khan Nagar bus terminal had been laid to protect the occupiers who had looted 13 acres of government land.

What is the motive behind relocating the bus terminal to another small place and laying the foundation today after the good work has been done for the last 4 years? The future of the former bus terminal is now in doubt. Is this what Naveen Babu, the five-time chief minister, can do? Is this the ideal and the proof of the image of the best chief minister? On these two issues, the Chief Minister should give a satisfactory explanation to the people of Cuttack. "Otherwise, the people of Cuttack will respond in the coming days," he said.

State executive member Dilip Mallick, state secretary and Cuttack district in-charge Amar Nayak and Cuttack city president Lalatendu Badu were among those present at the press conference.

Bhubaneswar, An average of 300 families have been living on 18 plots in Sijipur mouza of Jatani constituency in Bhubaneswar sub-division for 18 years, 181, 182, 18. A rally was held at the Kalinga Poor Development Organization. MLA Suresh Kumar Rautaray added that he assured the people living there that they would request the government for a permanent lease.

Mr Rautaray said the state government's conspiracy to take over their land, playgrounds and land would not be allowed to succeed. Prominent dignitaries, including Tamando Sarpanch Jagmohan Pradhan and youth leader Manmath Rautaray, were present at the rally. Finally, Sameer Jena, the organization's editor, thanked them. The villagers were present at the rally.

Bhubaneswar, it is unfortunate that three BJD legislators have blamed the central government for the plight of farmers. The three lawmakers did not match the bill. BJP legislators have misled the people of the state without knowing the truth. BJP leaders are talking about rice, not rice. Farmers sell rice and millers sell rice. The ruling BJP is exploiting farmers and advocating for millers, said BJP state general secretary Dr. Lekhshree Samantasingh complained.

The state BJP has visited six large farmers' rallies and 1,400 mandis in Odisha to share in the plight of the farmers. Oriya farmers are being deprived of the central scheme due to the lack of sincerity and non-cooperation of the state government while the central government is taking a number of steps to uplift the farmers, especially the farmers. Farmers are not getting the real price as the central government pays Rs 18 per MSP for paddy, which is cut from 3 kg to 4 kg in the mandi. While the central government has allocated funds for the Mandi infrastructure, the Mandi infrastructure in Odisha is still not good.

Although the Center pays for rice, farmers are not paid. Although the central government has paid more than Rs 18,000 crore for the purchase of paddy this year, it has not yet opened a paddy market in more than half of the districts in Odisha. The state government has announced that all mandis will be reopened on December 1. But the farmer did not know when the mandi was opened and closed. "It simply came to our notice then. As the RDC office is under siege in the coming days, the BJP is in a quandary. The BJP is standing on the fence today.

Rice is being harvested in the name of token disorder and cotton swabs. The money being harvested in the name of cotton cutting goes to the BJP fund. The BJP is running a party organization to kill the farmers. In the DLPC, the government has decided to sell 13 quintals per acre on non-irrigated land and 18 quintals per acre on irrigated land. This year, 20 quintals of non-irrigated land and 30 quintals of irrigated land have been harvested due to good rice yields. Why didn't the state government buy this rice?

How much rice has the state government bought under its food security plan? Dr. Samant Singh questioned why the state government did not buy the remaining paddy from the farmers while the rest of the farmers were buying the paddy from the farmers. BJD legislators cannot confuse the people of Odisha by reading the chirakut of the third floor. The BJP will visit all the farming families in the state and brief them on the state government's policy of killing farmers. "In view of the plight of the farmers, the state government should immediately open mandis in all the districts and buy paddy, otherwise there will be statewide protests in the coming days," he said.

Bhubaneswar, Samajwadi Party Central Committee member, former Chief Minister Alesh Yadav's wife and former Kaunaj Lok Sabha MP Mrs. Dimple Yadav's 43rd birth anniversary was celebrated today at the Samajwadi Party Odisha State Office. The state president, Ravi Behera, officiated at the celebrations and wished Dimple Yadav a strong political life and socialist movement in the coming days.

Dimple Yadav has always raised her voice for women's empowerment and backward classes. Her revolutionary move is sure to pave the way for women's empowerment and backwardness in the country in the coming days. The general meeting was attended by party general secretary Sudarshan Pradhan, Sushil Hota, Sunil Mishra, Bardakant Sahu, Sanjay Nayak, Deshpriya Das, women leader Sudha Sahu and Bharati Patnaik.

Bhubaneswar, Odisha Pradesh Youth Congress President Dr. Youth Congress workers, led by Smatiranjan Lenka, displayed black flags to Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on the main road of Care Hospital Chowk in Bhubaneswar. As petrol and diesel prices continue to rise unreasonably across the country, the anti-black agriculture law enacted by the central government, Dr. Young Congress workers, led by Lenka, displayed black flags.

The country's breadwinner is on the road today, but the central government is trying to sabotage it by pretending to be silent. It has been strongly condemned by Drs. Lenka. With oil prices below $ 50 per barrel in the international market, the government has completely failed to control petrol and diesel prices, and the price has risen sharply to Rs 80 per barrel. Now the entire country is fighting the Karona epidemic and struggling to make a living, while Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has accused the youth of misleading the general public.

"If the black agriculture law is not repealed in the coming days and petrol and diesel prices are not regulated, Yordaan will strongly oppose the Union Minister with a black flag display across the state," he said. Lenka.

Provincial Youth Congress vice-president Mohammad Allim, spokesperson Nalinikanth Nayak, Aryabir Lenka, Gyan Ranjan Raut, Aditya Parida, Ashutosh Lenka and Ritul Maharana were present at today's protest.

Bhubaneswar: The Indian translation book "Indian Women - Victory over Challenges", written by the Government of India on the steps and assistance taken to empower the women of the country under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has been unveiled at the state office today. On the occasion, Mr. Pradhan suggested that through this book, Prime Minister Narendra Modi convey the importance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to women in all the mothers and sisters of the state.

Mr. Pradhan said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi, not only women's development but also the country's development leadership is reaching out to women. Prime Minister Modi has honored his mother and sister in Odisha with his rights and supremacy. Whether it is the importance of women in the $ 5 trillion economic journey or the permission of women to fight in the war, the access to toilets, or the availability of clean fuel for cooking, and the protection of women during health, health, or coronation; "It simply came to our notice then.

Many prime ministers are in the country, but women are becoming more and more self-sufficient because of the prime minister's commitment to their poor mothers. Under the Modi government, women in India, including Odisha, have benefited the most. Under the Modi government, 6,18,04 toilets have been constructed in Odisha and women have been honored.

Similarly, the Prime Minister's Ujala Yojana has provided 3 LPG cylinders free of cost to more than 600,000 beneficiaries during the Karona period, while Odisha has been provided with 6.8 lakh LPG cylinders at a cost of Rs 40 crore. A total of Rs 1,258.20 crore has been transferred to bank accounts of women with 45.20 lakh Jandhan accounts in the state.

Bhubaneswar, Inspired by the Bharatiya Janata Party's policies and ideals and the good governance and development work of the central government led by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, Bhubaneswar's well-known social activist and youth leader Lalatendu Mohapatra today formally joined the BJP. State President Shri Sameer Mohanty today welcomed Mr. Mohapatra at the state office wearing a party uniform. Mr. Mohanty said the party's organization would be further strengthened by Mr. Mohapatra's participation. State executive member Jagannath Pradhan and many district leaders were present on the occasion.

Bhubaneswar, today at the PCC office held a strategy meeting of the social media department of the Student Congress in the absence of PCC President Shri Yasir Nawaz. The meeting was attended by Mr. Roshanlal Bitu, National Secretary, Student Congress, on social media through the Student Congress concept, meetings, rallies and agitations and the new and Modi government’s anti-corruption, anti-farmer, anti-farmer and anti-youth policies, women oppression and women He said the Congress would work hard to raise awareness about the issue.

PCC president Niranjan Patnaik, who was present at the event, said that only the Student Congress could improve the situation through social media. The Student Congress can create awareness through social media. "We plan to recruit social media partners at the panchayat and college levels," said Yasir Nawaz, president of the Student Congress. He said the Student Congress would create an influential presence on social media in the next one year.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi and former Congress president Shri Rahul Gandhi will also play a major role in shaping the country, the independence of India and the role of the Congress in building India in the future. The Student Congress will also raise its voice on social media against the communal forces that threaten India's unity and integrity. Mr. Nihar Ranjan Behera moderated the social media strategy program of the Student Congress.

Bhubaneswar, An epoch-making change has been introduced by the Department of Women & Child Development and Mission Shakti (DWCD&MS), Government of Odisha in giving Job Course training to the Newly Recruited and untrained ICDS Supervisors and the Anganwadi Workers(AWWs) even during the shutdowns owing to the Covid-19 pandemic situation across the state.

All the ICDS training programmes were suspended since mid-March 2020 due to Covid-19 restriction. Hence, to develop basic understanding among the frontline workers on delivering key health and nutrition services with precautionary measures, a 4-dayvirtual orientation programme for 60 AWWs of Kalahandi and Bolangir District was conducted on a trial basis from 19th to 22nd October 2020 with the session facilitation support from the Trainers of Home Economic Training Centre (HETC), Barpali.

The AWWs were thoughtfully selected for the virtual training in consultation with concerned District Social Welfare Officer (DSWO) considering access of the AWWs to an Android Phone and Internet. During the feedback sessions the response from the participants were found to be remarkably encouraging. They were delighted to undergo training from home besides getting Odia handouts of all the presentations as a ready reckoner.

This has led a way to the department for conducting virtual trainings for untrained AWWs in other districts and for the untrained Supervisors. Accordingly, training plan was developed to organise another 8 batches of virtual trainings for AWWs with the session facilitation support from the Trainers of 2 Government HETC (Barpali and Bhubaneswar) and 2 batches for Supervisors by Middle Level Training Centre (MLTC) covering 90 participants in each batch. 

The training was conducted from 24th 27thNovember and 1st to 4thDecember 2020 and was also found to be a great success and strengthened the confidence level of the trainers for virtual training. Looking at the determination and satisfactory performance of the MLTC and both the HETC during phase II training (from 24th to 27th November 2020), decision was taken for conducting Job Course Training in a virtual mode starting from 1st December 2020. Thus, the training plan and module was developed with support of the Trainers adhering to NIPCCD guideline. 

The duration of the training was limited to 2 hours and 30 minutes in the afternoon, so that the participants can carry-out their regular activities. The number of days was increased to 45 days covering 26 days syllabus, which was rationally planned without compromising with the content of the syllabus. Odia Power Point Presentations were prepared for training and sharing with the participants for reference.

 The Supervisors and AWWs are exposed to modern technology.

 As the training is being conducting from 2.00 PM to4.30 PM which is a convenient time for them, they can attend the programme conveniently.

 The post launch training is helping the AWWs to manage their Anganwadi Centre (AWC) related activities.

 As they are attending the training programme from home, they can manage their time between family and job.

Lastly, the wholehearted support and cooperation of concerned DWCD&MS Officials and valuable guidance from Joint Director, SIRD &PR and Centre In-charge of HETC Barpali and Bhubaneswar has helped the programme achieving the success.

Bhubaneswar, The Odisha Pradesh Fisheries Congress led by Fisheries Congress president Shri Haldhar Sethi, has staged a sit-in protest in Bhubaneswar today in protest of the anti-people agriculture policy of the central BJP government.

Speaking on behalf of the All India Fisheries Congress and the Hon’ble Member of the Lok Sabha, Mr. TN Prathapan, on behalf of the Odisha Fisheries Congress, he addressed the function on behalf of the Odisha Fisheries Congress and the interests of Odisha fishermen and ordinary farmers. The government has arranged for Nida Vishnu. The Orissa government has failed to address the plight of people who depend on the seas, rivers and ponds for their livelihood.

Due to the failure of the central government's fisheries scheme in Odisha, the people of Odisha are dependent on neighboring states of Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and West Bengal. He said Odisha could become self-sufficient in fish production if the government provided incentives to fishermen by allocating space for freshwater fish farming in Odisha. The protest rally was organized by the Odisha Pradesh Fisheries Congress in support of the BJP-led farmers' agitation demanding the repeal of the BJP government's agrarian law, which is in the interest of the common farmers and farmers. The leaders opined that the farmers ’agitation would be widened in the coming days if the BJP government’s unwavering agricultural policy was not repealed as soon as possible.

Former PCC president Jaydev Jena, MLA Suresh Kumar Rautaray, Kisan Cell president Amiya Kumar Patnaik, Congress leader Shivananda Roy, Manoranjan Das, Rajiv Patnaik, Inglit Patra, Fakir Charan Khatua, Bidhubhushan Mohapatra, Deepak Mohapatra, among others were present at the event. Including Fisheries Congress official Mrs. Moti Kaibarta, Fachanan Malik, day-to-day officer, G.S. Arai, Ekadashi Sethi, Kshirodh Kumar Sethi, Brajbandhu Das, Bhagirath Behera, Manas Ranjan Behera, Hari Behera, Anand Behera, Sushant Behera, Mahendra Behera, Shukdev Behera, Govind Malik, Gurubaksh Singh Alwalia and Akhul Behera were present.

Bhubaneswar, Hon'ble Industries Minister, appeared today in the conference room of the department in the New Year and wished him all the best and wished everyone happiness, prosperity and progress in 2021. The meeting was attended by the Chief Administrative Secretary of the Department of Industry and senior officials of Epicel and IDCO. During the meeting, the Minister was briefed on the various steps taken by the department.

In the last few years, a number of steps have been taken by the Industries Department to improve the business environment for industries in the state. Odisha is ranked seventh in the All India EODB rankings. Idco has set up four sector-specific parks, namely Seafood Park in Deras, Electronics Manufacturing Park in Infovali, Aluminum Park in Anugul and a plastic park in Paradip.

The Hon'ble Industries Minister, on his part, proposed to the departmental officials to expedite the establishment of various industries in connection with the Biju Expressway. He also called for continued efforts to attract various industrialists in Kalahandi district and to make better use of the district as per the requirements of the C.S.R. He also proposed the establishment of an industrial estate at Golamunda.

Bhubaneswar, Odisha, a resolution was passed at a party meeting of the Biju Janata Dal to protect the OBC class in Odisha, BJD MP Sasmit Patra tweeted, confusing the people of the state. Being a wise man, the difference between the party and the government is that . The BJP does not understand whether Sasmit Patra is unknown. State Secretary Mrs. Pinky asked the main question.

OBC reservation has been implemented in the country following the recommendations of the Zone Commission. While the central government has implemented the reservation system, other states have also implemented the reservation system. Similarly, the Modi government has introduced a 10 per cent reservation system for the economically disadvantaged in the country to enroll in jobs and educational institutions. But the state government has not yet implemented the OBC and EWS reservation system. "It is highly reprehensible for the people of Odisha to show London during the day," he said.

There has been a long-standing demand for protection of OBCs and backward classes in Odisha. Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has repeatedly asked the Chief Minister to protect the OBCs. Similarly, in February 2020, after repeated pressure from the Central OBC Commission, the state government formed the OBC Commission and completed only the formalities. The state government has not been able to protect them, and they have been beaten to death.

The BJP government is not implementing the reservation system for fear that the Modi government will take over the reservation. Ms. Pradhan has demanded that the OBCs and backward classes be protected and given their rights, forgetting their political interests.

NEW DELHI / Bhubaneswar: The state government on Thursday passed a resolution in the Cabinet seeking to pass a reservation in higher education institutions such as medicine and engineering for students studying in government high schools. The Socio-Economic Backward Classes (SEBC) have been asked to provide space for education.

Mr. Pradhan has twice cited previous letters, dated January 15, 2020 and July 25, 2018, stating that the state government has set up a Bachelor of Arts Commission on February 12, 2020 at his request. However, the commission's report has not yet been submitted, and the request for reservations for the OBC category has not yet been implemented. However, in the interest of the people of Odisha, the state's OBCs and SEBCs are in favor of the population. Mr. Pradhan reiterated the need for action.

He said the major part of the state's population is the OBC and SEBC categories. So this category of people is deprived of opportunities in education and employment. As a result, their social and economic development has not improved. The central government has provided 24 per cent reservation in employment and education for the backward classes, while states like Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Karnataka have also introduced reservation for the caste population. However, the state government has been slow to take such positive action for OBCs and SEBCs in the state.

The state government has failed to keep pace with socio-economic development in the state without protecting the people of this category. The Chief Minister is hopeful that the Chief Minister will take positive steps to give priority to the large and marginalized society of Odisha, OBC and SEBC, in order to give them priority and provide proper protection in education and employment.

On January 15, 2020 and July 25, 2019, Union Minister Shri Pradhan also wrote to the Chief Minister urging him to take urgent steps to secure jobs and education for the OBC and SEBC categories.