Former Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition in Odisha Assembly, Naveen Patnaik on Monday said that the double engine government is going in reverse gear on development in the state. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Monday tabled the first full-fledged budget of the BJP government with an outlay of Rs 2.90 lakh crore for 2025-26. Congress party also criticised the state budget calling the announcements made in the budget as ‘daydreams’ The budget will only increase the loan burden on the state, said BJD MLA Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo. The budget is a betrayal of the trust of the people of Odisha. This is full of political propaganda. Last year the government couldn’t spend around Rs 60000 crore of his plans so there is no point in announcing any big schemes as it has no intention to spend. The suicide of farmers continue, women are not getting works in Mission Shakti, unemployment is spiralling. The announcement of a large sum of money in the Budget is not important. The LoP stated that the state government should instead focus on the expenditure of the sum allocated in thebudget for the development.
