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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.

BJP tops list in BLA-2 appointments for SIR

With the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls already underway across Bengal, the Trinamul Congress has found itself trailing behind both the BJP and the CPM in appointing booth-level agents (BLA-2s), according to data released by the Election Commission of India.