BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY, ODISHA

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Ref: Date:11.04.2010


To

His Excellency,

The Governor of Odisha,

Raj Bhawan, Bhubaneswar.

Petition for protection of basic democratic rights of opposition political parties and the Press in Odisha.

We the undersigned coming in a delegation representing the Bharatiya Janata Party invite your kind attention to the ugly incidents that occurred on the 5th April 2010 at Kalinga Nagar in Jajpur District involving the BJP team led by the State President and former Union Cabinet Minister Shri Jual Oram and goonda elements deployed by the ruling party BJD which amounts to total eclipse of democratic norms and anarchy and rule of muscle power in the State. Shri Jual Oram being in the hit list of the Maoists, the District Magistrate and the District Superintendent of Police were duly informed in advance, of his visit to Kaling Nagar in the wake of the police firing on Adivasis in the area on 30th March 2010. He as the State President of a National Political Party is within his constitutional rights to visit any part of the State and listen to public grievances and air public demands through the media. Some media persons were also present at the spot on the 5th April 2010 during visit of Shri Oram. Instead of giving any protection to the team the local police became a silent spectator to the armed attack perpetrated by hooligans in hundreds shouting slogans in favour of the State Finance Minister Shri Prafulla Ghadei and the Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik. There was prohibitory order in force under section 144 Cr.P.C. but the district authorities were mute spectators to its blatant violation by the local ruling party workers indulging in open vandalism. The members of the BJP team also included female leaders who were also not spared from physical assault by the armed goondas. The whole episode amounts to murder of democracy and eclipse of all basic Constitutional norms.

Even the Rule of Law is at stake when counter cases vide G.R. Case No. 265 of 2010 dated 7th April 2010 was manufactured and registered against the very victims of the incidents. In order to politically harass the opposition the ruling party not only misuses the administrative as well as the police machineries of the State, but also blatantly abuses the judicial process to have their way.

We, therefore pray your Excellency to use your Constitutional office to ensure free and fearless exercise of the basic democratic rights by the Opposition and the Press and its protection in the State and Rule of Law when it is under threat by doings of the party in power.

With kind regards,

`Sincerely yours,

1. Shri Biswa Bhusan Harichandan, Ex. Minister
2. Shri Ashok Sahu, State Vice President
3. Shri Rudra Narayan Pani, M.P. (R.S.)
4. Shri Jayanarayan Mishra, Chief Whip, BJLP
5. Shri Manmohan Samal, Ex. Minister

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BJP State President visit Tribal School of Bada Ambda

Nabarangpur, 21.3.2007// The State President Jual Oram accompanied by Vice-President Ashok Sahu, former minister Surama Padhi, State Secretaries Surama Satpathy and Sukeshi Oram, State Executive Members Sushma Jain and Manjula Majhi and Ramesh Sahu, ex-MP Parasuram Majhi, BJP District President Dharmu Gond and other prominent local leaders visited the Tribal School at Bada Ambda village under Kosa Gumda block.

The women members of the delegate led by Surama Satpathy separately met the female inmates in the said co-ed tribal school.

After meeting the female teachers, local villagers and the affected victims the visiting high-level team told the Press at Nabarangpur that such nefarious activities were continuing for last many years but only recently these have come to surface because of some difference between the male Head Master and a female teacher in the school.

Jual Oram speaking to the Press told that the State Government should pay ten lakhs to each of the victims as a social security and ensure their proper upbringing and rehabilitation.

The culprits must be brought to book and given exemplary punishment as a deterrent. In order to prevent recurrence of such incidents in-built mechanism in the system must be devised by seeking suggestions from a body of specialists comprising social workers, tribal leaders and women welfare activists led by a retired Chief Secretary.

Shri Oram urged the tribal society to treat such victims with empathy and be vigilant to assert their right against unjust and unfair treatment by others taking advantage of their simplicity. The BJP President also pointed out that though the concerned Minister in the State is a tribal himself, but till date he has not uttered a single word condemning these incidents.


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Statement by Jual Oram on denial of permission to Togadia

“BJP has taken serious note of the State Government’s decision to refuse entry of Dr. Prabin Togadia to Kandhamal District. The Chief Minister Naveen Pattnaik had allowed the European Union delegates to Kandhamal who met the local Christian clerics indulged in indiscriminate conversion of Hindu Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe people in the district.

The tribal people are subjected to untold atrocities by the police by framing false cases against them at the instigation by the local Churches, and the foreign delegates representing EU countries.

Denial of permission to Togadia is unconstitutional, unreasonable, arbitrary and a deliberate affront against Hindus. Chief Minister Naveen Pattnaik would remain squarely responsible for my untoward incident that might erupt due to this blatantly discriminatory treatment which is highly provocative.”

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BJP Bhubaneswar unit demonstrated against anti-poor budget

Bhubaneswar,27.2.2010// The BJP Bhubaneswar District unit demonstrated against anti-poor budget by Union Government led by District President Amiy Kumar Das. . At Ram Mandir Square, Bhubaneswar, there was a massive gathering of demonstrators displaying fastoons and flags. After shouting slogans against "anti-poor", "anti-people" and "inflationary budget" the irate party workers burnt the effigies of the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, Finance Minister Pranab Mukharjee and UPA Chairperson Smt. Sonia Gandhi.

In this programme, the BJP State President Sri Jual Oram, BJP Sr. Leader Sri B.B.Harichandan, State General Secretary Sri Rajkishore Das, Senior leaders Sri Ashok Sahu, Mahila Morcha State President Smt. Bijayalaxmi Mishra, Mahila Morcha General Secretary Smt. Simantini Jena, Ex M.P. Smt. Archana Nayak, BJP Leaders Ratikant Das, Samir Mohanty, Golak Mohapatra, Sukanta Panigrahi and thousands of party workers were present there.


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Reaction of Shri Jual Oram on Union Railway Budget -2010

Dear All,

Sushree Mamata Banerjee, Union Railway Minister has again betrayed the cause of Orissa in presenting the Union Railway Budget in Parliament today. The stress for railway budget of Orissa was for more funds allocation for new lines like
1. Khurda-Bolangiri (289K.M.s) ,
2. Talcher-Bimalgarh (154K.M.s),
3. Sukinda Road-Angul (98 K.M.),
4. Haridaspur-Paradeep (82 K.M.),
5. Lanjigarh Road-Junagarh (56 K.M.),
6. Bhadrak-Dhamra ,
7. Bangiriposi –Gorumahisahani,
8. Badampahad-Keonjhar.
But the railway minister has tried to please the people of Orissa by declaring some new line survey by providing very meager amount from the budget 2010.
Out of 10 world class station declared not single was given to Orissa. Out of 93 multi purpose railway complex only one was given to Orissa. The frequency and new train introduce are to connect Mumbai-Howrah, Howrah-Chenai and station like Gowhati and because this railway routes passes through Orissa the Railway Ministry is taking plea to please the others and befouling the people of Orissa
Hence I condemned the step motherly attitude of union railway minister towards people of Orissa


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BJP Condemns arrest of innocent persons.

Ashok Sahu senior BJP Leader has strongly condemned the arrest of six persons at Muniguda in connection with alleged incidents of 2008.

He said BJP was rightly suspecting the hidden agenda of the visiting EU delegates who had came to Odisha to influence the police administration and the judiciary in dealings with cases registered in 2008.

The EU delegates met the DGP on 4th February in sequel to which the police has become high handed and vindictive to appease the visiting foreign dignitaries and immediately after their departure arrested one at K.Nuagaon in Kandhamal district and 6 persons at Muniguda in Rayagada district.

The State Police has failed in dealing with the Maoist menace and on the other hand, has been arresting innocent people in connection with made-up cases.

Such conduct of police would further erode the public confidence in the system which has failed to deliver justice to the people, Sri Sahu alleged. Sri Sahu now at Phulbani was appreciating the lawyers of the District Court who unitedly foiled the efforts of the EU delegate to meet the judges at Phulbani.

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MAKAR MILAN AT MAHANGA

Bhubaneswar-14.01.2010 : Mahanga BJP workers organized Makar Sankranti festival at Kalyanpur of Cuttack District. BJP State President Mr. Jual Oram, Senior party leaders Bijoy Mohapatra and Ashok Sahu attended the function who were taken in a big procession by a jubilant crowd in thousands. It was presided over by Choudhury Prabhat Keshari Mishra.

Addressing the crowd, the State BJP Chief Mr. Jual Oram said that Makar Sankranti is an important festival in India celebrated in different parts in the country under different names. In Orissa, it is a religious convention for the farmer to consume the “Makar rice” freshly thrashed from the field as the new crop in the year.

But in Orissa to-day, in a majority part, the farmers have suffered irreparably due to crop-failure and contamination of the crop by insects. The Chief Minister has been totally indifferent to the cause of the farmers, who are forced to commit suicide.

The C.M. who is also the Irrigation Minister is now cutting the water quota meant for farming and directing the water to POSCO, the steel baron in Orissa.

He condemned the C.M. that he has handed over the mines to the foreign companies, the agricultural land to the MNCs like POSCO and Vedanta and now water to the foreign companies at the cost of poor farmers of Orissa.

The anti-people posture of the C.M. must be fittingly replied by the people of Orissa and like the cosmic change in Makar Sankranti, a political change should also usher in Orissa and Mahanga should give a start in costal Orissa, in this regard.

Bijoy Mohapatra, the senior BJP leader, elaborating the mining-scam convinced the people how more than three lakh crore worth iron ores have been given to MNCs in lieu of only 720 crores of rupees received by the State Government as royalty.

After the vigilance department has unearthed the continuous pilferage by 12 companies why the State Police has failed to arrest the culprits under appropriate provisions of law, Mohapatra demanded.

The Police, the Forest and the Irrigation Departments are directly looked after by the C.M. Unless the C.M. is not personally involved as a beneficiary of the looted property, why should he be hesitant to give the investigation to the CBI which is an independent statutory investigation body. He asserted that people of Orissa have a right to know the truth and get the justice.

Among others who attended the meeting included State Vice President Sri Asit Bose, State General Secy. Nayan Kishore Mohanty, Kendrapara District President Gyan Ranjan Beura, Cuttack Sadar President Hrusikesh Jena, State Executive Member Lalatendu Badu, Jajpur District President Jagannath Samal, former Cuttack Sadar President Choudhury Hemanta Sahu, Chief Editor of ‘Paryabekhyak’ Pradip Samantaray, local leaders like Saroj Rana, Subhransu Padhi, Ram Narayan Mohanty and Mahanga Mandal President Samir Samal.

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BJP STATE PRESIDENT VISITS KALAHANDI DISTRICT

Bhawanipatna, dated12.01.2010: After assuming charge as State President of BJP Jual Oram made his maiden visit to Kalahandi He was accorded rousing reception right from the borders by motorcade riders in hundreds with party flags and festoons. At Bhawanipatna Town Hall he along with senior party leaders like BJP leader in Assembly K.V.Singhdeo, senior leader Ashok Sahu, Ex-MLA Nuapada Basanta Panda, Ex-Minister Pradip Naik, attended a meeting of 600 strong party workers drawn from nooks and corners of the district up to Gram Panchayat level. The meeting was presided over by Ex-minister and new district president, BJP Himansu Meher.

BJP legislature leader Kanak Vardhan Singhdeo spoke on mining scam as unprecedented in scale and degree. He insisted for handing over the matter to CBI should Naveen Pattnaik the C.M. wants to prove his non-involvement in three lakh crore worth plunder of peoples wealth. Vigilance Department whose minister is C.M. himself is incapable of bringing the truth to surface , he alleged. He further said that for last nine years during Naveen’s tenure as C.M seven thousand crores of rupees per annum was being pilfered by illegal mining which was being siphoned away to parties outside Orissa and a huge part to China. He also alleged that Vedanta is also in collusion with Churches of Europe who have shares in the Vedanta Company which has a hidden agenda to invade India’s culture by having an anti-Indian University in the very centre of Jagannath Culture at Puri.

Ashok Sahu, the senior party leader urged the party workers to pledge to dislodge this government who have a hidden agenda to exploit state resources by mortgaging mines to foreign companies. Quoting Lord Acton he said that ‘Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely and Naveen government is a burning example of a such corrupt government.’

Jual Oram in his concluding remarks condemned the failure of the government in all fronts such as maintenance of law and order; safeguarding the farmers interest who are committing suicide in distress; safeguarding employment of the educated youth as well as in protecting the poor by implementing the poverty alleviation programmes. The Maoists are being used as muscle power of the party in power to give protection to persons the C.M. likes and terrorize those whom he dislikes. Sri Oram cited the example of Arabinda Dhali who is no longer troubled by the Maoists ever since he joined the Biju Janata Dal. Even the mining lease holders are operating under the protection ring given by the Maoists in Keonjhar and Sundargarh district, Oram alleged.

At Circuit House, Jual Oram addressed a well-attended press conference at Bhawanipatna. He was accompanied by senior state and district level leaders, before the Press. Referring to Dalai Lama’s visit and failure of the state government to accord him honour as a State Guest , Shri Oram accused the C.M. to have acted to please the local Maoist Leaders. Since China is opposed to Dalai Lama and Maoists are agents of China, Orissa C.M. has also indirectly ignored Dalai Lama which is contrary to our foreign policy as a sovereign state, he said. He termed Naveen Pattnaiik’s conduct in this context as of “low taste” . Jual Oram reiterated BJP’s policy that Maoists, as long as do not abjure violence, even if they take up issues of the poor which is designed to usurp State power by undemocratic means deserves to be tackled effectively by the government to restore order.

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BJP STATE PRESIDENT SHRI JUAL ORAM VISITS NUAPADA

Nuapada-11.01.2010// Shri Jual Oram, BJP State President came on one day visit to Nuapada district accompanied by former minister K.V. Singhdeo now leader of BJP Legislative Party and senior party leader Ashok Sahu. He was taken to Nuapada from Khariar Road in an impressive procession by more than 200 strong motorcade and hundreds of supporters displaying party flags and festoons.

Addressing a mammoth gathering in an open field (Sanskrutika Rangamancha) urged the people to dismiss Navin Pattnaik government which is neck-deep in corruption by mortgaging the precious mines of Odisha to out siders and foreign companies overriding the industrial policy.

Oram alleged that the CM has led the plundering spree of mines and made people of Odisha to suffer a huge loss to the tune of three lakh crores of rupees during his tenure as Chief Minister. Oram reiterated his demand for CBI investigation along with that connecting Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Jharkhand on mines-scam.

He regretted that Central funds coming for poverty alleviation projects are returned unspent and 48% of Odisha’s population under BPL are not getting adequate relief as per their entitlement. Shri Ashok Sahu another senior party leader charged Navin Pattnaik as acting, as an agent of multi - national companies and giving them preferential treatment at the cost of poor farmers of the State by directing the water meant for irrigation to POSCO. By manipulating election machinery and the EVM the CM had betrayed the people of Odisha which amounts to “murder of democracy”.

Former Minister Kanak Vardhan Singhdeo and other senior BJP leaders sought peoples support to oust the “corrupt and anti-people government” by coming to the street . In this public meeting Khariar M.L.A. Hitesh Bagarti, State Vice Presideent Dr. Om Prakash Joshi, Nuapada district President Sri Atindrajit Singh, former Nuapada MLA Sri Basanta Panda, former Nuapada Zilla Parishad President Shri Khamsingh Majhi Former District President Manijar Arya and District General Secretary Chaturbhuja Sharma also addressed a huge gathering.

At Kharial also he was given a rousing reception, this being his maiden visit to the district after taking charge as BJP President. Oram and other senior leaders addressed another mammoth gathering there and condemned the CM’s failure to receive the Dalai Lama perhaps to please the Maoists in Orissa who are acting as agents of China. That in the evening Shri Oram addressed a Press conference at Kharial. Shri Oram, who is on a tour throughout the State clarified his stand that people’s opinion is being educated about the unprecedented mining scam.

He demanded immediate arrest of Ram Bahadur Thakur Mines proprietors and seize the heavy machineries used in looting of mining, property of the State in course of investigation. The case has national and international dimension and is fit enough for a central agency to investigate. Hence, the CM to prove his innocence must not hesitate for its investigation by the CBI. The more he delays, peoples suspicion on CM’s direct involvement in corruption is getting corroborated.

The Maoists in Orissa are being heavily paid by the mining plunderers and getting protection with tacit understanding with State C.M. It is proved by the fact that till date Maoists have not targeted a single mining lease holder in Orissa ever since they are active in 19 districts in the State during last ten years. Shri Oram assured the public of Nuapada district to insist on the State government to review the latter’s recent proposal for recruitment of ‘Sikhya Sahayaks’ on State level which would deprive the local limited suitable candidates of their rightful opportunity.



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