Leader of Opposition (LoP) and BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik returned to Odisha Assembly on Monday after eight working days and launched a sharp attack on the State government over its budgetary approach.

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Speaking outside the House during discussions on the Appropriation Bill, Patnaik accused the Government of failing to allocate meaningful funds for the welfare and development of the people.

The LoP remarked that while the State government claims to spend on public development, the actual allocations do not reflect those commitments. He maintained the administration has been “completely negligent” toward ‘real development needs’ and is instead satisfied with “empty slogans and showmanship”.

The former C

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