Naveen ‘song’ at Baliyatra discussion board, Opposition sees purple

By Express News Service

CUTTACK: A paean praising Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik sung by BJD college students’ wing state basic secretary Abinash Mohanty at Baliyatra right here on Wednesday, has come beneath criticism with Opposition BJP and Congress blaming the administration for utilizing the historic truthful as a political platform.

As per reviews, a ‘Patha Utsav’ was organised by the district administration on the Baliyatra floor involving individuals belonging to completely different walks of life on Wednesday morning, and that’s when Mohanty walked on to the Akshay Mohanty Manch and sang the track ‘Hey Naveen Babu Ame Tuma Fan’.
Sources stated, a number of senior officers of the district administration have been current in entrance of the stage, however nobody got here ahead and opposed it.

“Baliyatra is not a political platform for propagating any party’s propaganda. It is a matter of astonishment that how a BJD office bearer was able to sing the paean of Naveen Babu followed by BJD Zindabad slogans. Who gave permission and how far it is justified at the historic trade fair which is being celebrated commemorating the maritime history of Odisha,” questioned Barabati-Cuttack legislature Mohammed Moquim. The MLA stated the district administration appears to be indulging in propagating the ruling BJD’s propaganda. The official who’s in control of holding the cultural programme ought to instantly beg apology in any other case the Congress will make it a difficulty, he added.

Echoing the identical, president, metropolis unit of BJP Lalatendu Badu too has condemned the incident. “The district administration should not use Baliyatra platform for politics. The Akshay Mohanty Manch at Baliyatra seems to have turned into a political pandal,” stated Badu.  Cuttack collector Bhabani Shankar Chayani refuted the allegations and stated it’s the selection of the singer to sing any track on the stage.

CUTTACK: A paean praising Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik sung by BJD college students’ wing state basic secretary Abinash Mohanty at Baliyatra right here on Wednesday, has come beneath criticism with Opposition BJP and Congress blaming the administration for utilizing the historic truthful as a political platform.

As per reviews, a ‘Patha Utsav’ was organised by the district administration on the Baliyatra floor involving individuals belonging to completely different walks of life on Wednesday morning, and that’s when Mohanty walked on to the Akshay Mohanty Manch and sang the track ‘Hey Naveen Babu Ame Tuma Fan’.
Sources stated, a number of senior officers of the district administration have been current in entrance of the stage, however nobody got here ahead and opposed it.

“Baliyatra is not a political platform for propagating any party’s propaganda. It is a matter of astonishment that how a BJD office bearer was able to sing the paean of Naveen Babu followed by BJD Zindabad slogans. Who gave permission and how far it is justified at the historic trade fair which is being celebrated commemorating the maritime history of Odisha,” questioned Barabati-Cuttack legislature Mohammed Moquim. The MLA stated the district administration appears to be indulging in propagating the ruling BJD’s propaganda. The official who’s in control of holding the cultural programme ought to instantly beg apology in any other case the Congress will make it a difficulty, he added.

Echoing the identical, president, metropolis unit of BJP Lalatendu Badu too has condemned the incident. “The district administration should not use Baliyatra platform for politics. The Akshay Mohanty Manch at Baliyatra seems to have turned into a political pandal,” stated Badu.  Cuttack collector Bhabani Shankar Chayani refuted the allegations and stated it’s the selection of the singer to sing any track on the stage.