Bhubaneswar: Senior Congress leader Ajoy Kumar Thursday warned that the new government that would be formed by BJP will snatch away the natural resources belonging to the people of Odisha, while saying that his party has humbly accepted the verdict in the recently concluded elections. The Congress won 14 seats in the 147-member Odisha Assembly. “We humbly accept the verdict of the people of Odisha in the recently concluded election. But, we want to warn the people that they are going to lose their ‘jal’ (water), ‘jungle’ (forest) and ‘jamin’ (land) as the BJP is set to form government in the state,” Kumar told a presser here.
He assured the people of Odisha that Congress would fight inside and outside the Assembly for the next five years to protect the people of Odisha and their resources. “Our 14 newly-elected MLAs will fight like 140 MLAs and they will stand tall before the people of Odisha and protect them,” Kumar said. He alleged that BJP would exploit the tribal land and natural resources of Odisha. “The people of our country have shown BJP their place. The Congress has fought this election not only against the BJP but also against the central agencies like ED, CBI, IT, etc. If there would have been a level playing field for Congress, we would have got 400 seats in Lok Sabha polls.”