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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.

Akhilesh Yadav has destroyed PDA: UP minister

Mr Shahi ,while talking to The Statesman' said, "The so-called PDA that Akhilesh is talking about, it is he who has destroyed it. Why did he not remember the PDA when he was the Chief Minister? What did he do for the PDA while he was the Chief Minister?"