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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.

Prompted by Naidu, BJP obstructing Telangana: KCR

Former Chief Minister and BRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao Sunday attacked the BJP-led central government, accusing it of blocking Telangana’s development, including the Palamuru Rangareddy irrigation project at the instance of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and slammed the Congress-run state government for doing nothing about it.