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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.

Sasikala, not BJP, saved AIADMK government and made EPS Chief Minister: TTV Dhinakaran

A day after EPS asked the party cadre to remain grateful to the BJP, warning that anything else would amount to “rank ingratitude,” Dhinakaran, nephew of Sasikala and leader of the Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK), told reporters in Thanjavur that all 122 AIADMK MLAs had voted for the government only on Sasikala’s advice, with no role played by the BJP.