Bhawanipatna : 5/August/2012
Kalahandias are worried about the approach of the BJD Government towards the most backward region of the state and the latest apathetic attitude of the party boss in giving a berth to a Lawmaker from this zone.
Whether it is child selling, starvation death, drought, Central University, Wagon Factory, Government medical college, corruption in MHNREGS scheme, flood, bridge over Hati river, the State Government has received more criticism than positive approval of the Kalahandi people and intellectuals since past decade, alleged Digambara Patra, a leading NRO.
To add to it, in the current ministerial reshuffling Bargarh and Kalahandi are the only Lok Sabha constituencies missing in the list of ministerial berth, pointed out he.
Prasanna Achraya, the powerful Minister, Finance is elected from Rairakhol in Sambalpur Lok Sabha, but was elected earlier from Bargarh region as MP and is a native of Bargarh.
He has strong influence in Bargarh and undivided-Sambalpur district, so he may take care interest of Bargarh region, feel political observers.
Though BJD Government has given 19 per cent ministerial representation to KBK region consisting of 30 per cent geographical area and 20 per cent population of the state, none of the leaders or ministers from Koraput, Nabarangpur or Sonepur has any influence in Kalahandi or Nuapada region, pointed out Dr.Patra.
Though Koraput Lok Sabha has two Ministers and Balangir (Sonepur MLA) and Nabarangpur Lok Sabha has each one minister, rarely any minister from Balangir or Koraput, have ever thought of Kalahandi region and had little influence on electorate.
Ministers in Balangir or Koraput region are alien to the electorate of Kalahandi.
Though Pushpendra Singh Deo is the only BJD MLA elected from Kalahandi district and was dropped recently from ministerial berth, Rajendra Dholkia, BJD MLA from Nuapada was expected to get a ministerial berth at least to represent undivided Kalahandi district.
While most of the districts in KBK got a ministerial berth at least once in the Naveen Patnaik Government since 2009 whereas Nuapada is among the one or two districts in KBK without getting any ministerial position since 2009.
In this scenario BJD has put forward a risk for its future prospect in Kalahandi and Nuapada region.
The undivided district and Lok Sabha constituency of Kalahandi that had favoured cent percent BJD-BJP combine in 2000 and 2004 elections and historically known for non-congress sentiment but rejected the Governing regional outfit in favour of Congress in 2009 election.
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