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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’s OBC Morcha to mark ‘Mukti Diwas’ on August 31

In 1952, the then-government freed the De-notified, Nomadic, and Semi-Nomadic communities from the oppressive Criminal Tribes Act imposed by the British, he said in a virtual meeting with the Morcha workers, adding that to commemorate this historic moment, August 31 is observed every year as 'Mukti Diwas'.