Opposition BJD president Naveen Patnaik on Thursday criticised the BJP government at the Centre and Odisha, contending that his state faced a “double disappointment” in both the Union Budget and the Odisha Budget.
Speaking to reporters outside the assembly here, the former chief minister claimed that the Mohan Charan Majhi-led government has renamed over 40 schemes introduced during the BJD regime.
Earlier in the day, the Odisha government presented a Rs 2.65 lakh crore budget for the 2024-25 fiscal in the state assembly.
“I will say again that it is a ‘double engine sarkar’ and it is a double disappointment (referring to the Union Budget and the Odisha Budget). I have noticed that they have renamed more than 40 schemes of my government,” Patnaik said.