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’18 lakh vulnerable pensioners left in the lurch’: Naveen slams Odisha govt for three-month delay in pension

Stepping up his attack on the BJP-led Odisha government, Leader of the Opposition and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik on Friday accused it of failing the state's most vulnerable citizens over the non-disbursal of social security pensions to nearly 18 lakh beneficiaries for the last three months, and urged Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi to ensure immediate release of the pending payments.

TMC likely to move motion against SIR in Assembly

The Trinamul Congress is likely to bring a motion in the upcoming Winter Session of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly condemning the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, which the party claims has caused widespread panic and distress across the state.