BHUBNESWAR: BJP leader Pradip Purohit on Saturday submitted a memorandum to Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik through Suresh Mahapatra, chief advisor to chief minister’s office (CMO), asking the chief minister to act on his “commitment” to convert Padampur sub-division into a district.
He said the chief minister, while addressing an election rally in Padampur in December 2022, had assured people of giving district tag to Padampur if his candidate wins in the byelection.”The candidate won the byelection, but the CM did not make Padampur a district,” he added.
Purohit said the CM had also made commitments to provide input subsidies to farmers and opening of 60 closed schools in Padampur. “But these assurances remained in pen and paper only. I came to the state secretariat with the memorandum to remind the CM of his previous commitments,” he added.
He also stated that CM in 2016 assured farmers of a bonus of Rs 100 per one quintal of paddy. But the farmers could not get it. “It is my demand before the chief minister to fulfil his commitments without making further delay,” he added.
He said the chief minister, while addressing an election rally in Padampur in December 2022, had assured people of giving district tag to Padampur if his candidate wins in the byelection.”The candidate won the byelection, but the CM did not make Padampur a district,” he added.
Purohit said the CM had also made commitments to provide input subsidies to farmers and opening of 60 closed schools in Padampur. “But these assurances remained in pen and paper only. I came to the state secretariat with the memorandum to remind the CM of his previous commitments,” he added.
He also stated that CM in 2016 assured farmers of a bonus of Rs 100 per one quintal of paddy. But the farmers could not get it. “It is my demand before the chief minister to fulfil his commitments without making further delay,” he added.
