Manmohan Singh has been generous to Patnaik’s demands of late?
CENTER & ODISHA, Demanding equitable treatment, Elections 2009, Key Center-State issues, Odisha govt. action, Odisha MPs April 1st. 2010, 11:35amFollowing are excerpts from an article in Telegraph.
Congress managers have launched an operation to manage the numbers in the Lok Sabha after the political flux caused by the women’s reservation bill.
The government is working on two tiers to build a cushion in case the BJP tries to push the UPA to the wall with the support of the Samajwadi Party, the BSP, the RJD and the Left. …
… The Congress is also in touch with the Biju Janata Dal for a “limited understanding” in parliamentary proceedings even as the two parties oppose each other in Orissa. There is a unity of purpose — fighting Maoists and clearing development projects — and Manmohan Singh has been generous to Patnaik’s demands of late.
As the current term of the government progresses the UPA will be needing BJD’s help. The Orissa CM and BJD MPs must be ready to forcefully ask the fulfillment of some of Odisha’s important or longstanding demands. But no demand for a "special category state" please.
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April 2nd, 2010 at 12:39 am
I just hope Naveen Patnaik pushes the right buttons with Manmohan Singh (whose son-in-law is an Oriya) but definitely not an understanding with the Congress party. The Congress party unfortunately is not a good option for Orissa. Like the parties in the south of India, Orissa needs a strong regional party. A regional party understands and works for the aspiration of the people.
April 2nd, 2010 at 9:59 pm
It is a fact of life that best development happens in states where the regional centric-presence is very strong. Even Gujarat seems to work well on the concept of Gujarati pride even though the ruling party (BJP) is a National party.