MM Joshi: Center neglecting Orissa
November 19th, 2007
Following is an excerpt from a report in Pioneer.
BJP leader and former Union Minister Murli Manohar Joshi on Sunday met Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at his residence, Naveen Niwas, and had breakfast with him. Sources said that both leaders discussed many issues pertaining to the interests of the State’s coalition Government and the interests of the State. “Yes, we are good friends,” he later told reporters.
Addressing a Press conference, he said the Congress-led Governments at the Centre have constantly neglected Orissa’s interests.
During the NDA regime, the foundation stone of the AIIMS was laid. But no work has yet been taken up to give it a formal shape, he said.
Though the NDA gave its nod for establishment of an international standard educational institute like National Institute of Sciences in Bhubaneswar, the UPA shifted it to Kolkata,” he pointed out.
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