67 * $/ 8$ 9*1 &8$ 9*1 9 !&''!( !"#$% &!")$* 7 :7,7 7 ! " # ""#$!#% %#%#% 77 ; ,, < +50 , #&#%%# !) 0( = %$& 11*$/* ! "#$ #%&!%'&( ) R R " Q$R Q R hief Minister Naveen CPatnak on Monday rub- bished Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s allegation of a he Central Government is ‘secret understanding’ between Tyet to release a total pend- Patnaik and Prime Minister ing amount of 6,400 crore for Narendra Modi. Odisha with hardly one month On the sidelines of an offi- left for the current financial he ruling saffron alliance cial meeting in New Delhi, year to end, said Chief Minister Tpartners on Monday when reporters asked him Naveen Patnaik on Monday. !"### indulged in posturing over a about Gandhi’s allegation dur- After reviewing the pend- $ %&" '() possible tie-up between them !" # ing his recent visit to ing issues with the Government $ *" +## for the forthcoming Lok Sabha Bhubaneswar that Modi of India officers at the Odisha $ % , polls, with the Shiv Sena con- and 22 seats respectively in the but said, “We have not received remote-controls Patnaik, the Bhawan, Patnaik said more -)# $ &$%*% tending that it was a “big broth- State. The two parties had put any proposal from the BJP. Nor Chief Minister replied in Union Minister Dharmendra Asked about his sister Gita than 1,000 crore for housing, / * / er” in Maharashtra and the BJP up a spectacular performance has any BJP leader met Uddhav his style that the accusation Pradhan’s claim that Patnaik is Mehta declining the Padma over 375 crore for health, retaliating that it was not “help- in the polls by together winning Thackeray in this regard”. is ‘Bilkul Bakwaas’ (complete- terrified by Modi’s rising pop- Shri award, Patnaik said, “My more than 400 crore under ** less” to run after its long-term 40 seats (BJP-22 and Sena-18 Asked to comment on the ly rubbish). ularity, the CM curtly said, sister has the right to do what- the NREGS and over 650 $" % 0## $ " ally for a seat-sharing arrange- seats) out of total 48 seats. intense speculation that the BJP Replying to a question on “This is not true.” ever she desire.” crore for agriculture are yet to $ * - ment for the LS elections. In an indirect pointer to a had offered 50:50 seat-sharing be released by the Centre for $ " 1 % From the statements climbdown from its earlier formula to the Shiv Sena, Raut the State. % ** ** emerging from the two long- stand of going it alone in Lok said, “This is a just a rumour and “We are spending more / %& term saffron allies, it became Sabha polls, the Shiv Sena said false news. We did not discuss than 3,000 crore for drinking $% % % quite clear that while the Shiv it is the “big brother” in any proposal from the BJP at the water from the State Budget. * / 4/%5 Sena was not averse to a tie-up Maharashtra and will continue MPs’ meeting with Uddhavji. The Government of India has with the BJP provided it was to remains so, thus indicating We have also not received any allocated 180 crore, out of offered more number of seats it would not be averse to a tie- such proposal. Shiv Sena has which they have released only The Chief Resident to contest in the seat-sharing up with the BJP provided it is always practised politics on the 80 crore,” said Patnaik. Commissioner in New Delhi arrangement, the BJP was keen offered more number of seats basis of its conditions. In Smart City Poverty apprised the CM that a team of on inking the electoral alliance to contest in the polls. “Even today, irrespective of welcome Shah and preparations for the event at Alleviation scheme, out of 200 ten officers has been formed to by not giving more than num- Talking to mediapersons who is in power in Maharashtra Salepur are on in full swing. crore, the State has received effectively liaise with the con- ber of seats that it had allotted after a meeting of party MPs at and at the Centre, we have been JP president Amit Shah would arrive here on Shah would also again come to the State on only 6 crore, he pointed out. cerned departments and facil- to the ally in the 2014 polls. Thackerays’ Bandra residence strong in our stand since late BTuesday and proceed to attend a rally of the February 3 to attend the BJP Janjati Morcha’s “I have deputed various itate release of the balance It may be recalled that in “Matoshri”, Shiv Sena Balasaheb’s time. We are the big party activists at Salepur in Cuttack district. national convention in Puri. officers from the Odisha Central funds to the State. He the 2014 Lok Sabha polls which spokesperson Sanjay Raut brother in Maharashtra and will He would address more than 50,000 party In the the two-day convention, Shah would Bhawan to follow up with the assured that all efforts will be the two saffron parties had con- evaded a reply to a query if the continue to be so. And this big activists from Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapada and address 5,000 representatives of the tribal com- concerned Union Ministries made during next one month tested as an alliance, the BJP Sena was firm on going it brother will shake the throne in Jajpur districts in the rally, said party sources. munities along with tribal leaders, MLAs and about what is owed to us,” the to secure maximum fund and Shiv Sena had contested 26 alone in the Lok Sabha polls Delhi,” Raut said. Workers of the saffron party are upbeat to MPs from across the country, said sources. CM added. release by February-end. ""#$!#%($#) *##%) +,-+./, pioneer +), - . interview of the week A servitor in charge of key to a gravity of incident an 1 % of the sanctum sanctorum went inquiry commission was con- !!" on cease work strike on some stituted. It was hoped that the %* personal issue with security administration would take personnel at Lions’ Gate. As a stringent action against the result, the deities remained guilty. However, the probe "$%& $ () +$2 ,, shut inside the sanctum sanc- report already with temple torum for over 12 hours with- office showed no sign of ontroversies seem to be out performance of the regular release, leave alone action worked closely while working for the RD Cdogging the Jagannath rituals. against the accused. Ministry. Modiji’s working style is amazing. He Temple of Puri nonstop with Despite attempts, the The missing key of has the honesty and integrity of Lalbahadur the rudderless servitors creat- administration could not Ratnabhandar (treasure trove) Shastri, the courage and conviction of Sardar ing mess in the top Hindu restore normalcy from morn- is another case in point. The Vallabhbhai Patel and the spirituality of MK shrine. ing to evening. After show role of administration came Gandhi. That is why I look upon him as my Consequently, chaos and cause notices to the servitors, under cloud on safety of the mentor and my model. With due respect to our lawlessness has been the order the administration is reported- jewelleries of the temple. After CM, I never derived that sort of inspiration from of the day in the temple and ly mulling to let the people off criticism and condemnation Naveen Patnaikji. despite a horde of administra- who are involved in the mess. pouring from all corners, the How far this euphoria will continue in tive officials assigned manage- of going tough against the Will the temple run as Down the line in 2015 administration mysteriously ! your new avatar? ment duties following new recalcitrant priests, has shown usual without a solution? Some Nabakalebar Yatra, the role of located the key from the record !! God willing, I have come here for the last laws in 2015, it is the servitors leniency. This has bolstered the recent incidents speak volume the administration came under room. It triggered yet another 25 to 30 years. I am now looking forward to my who make law in the temple. undisciplined servitors further. about administrative lapses. thick scanner when Brahma row as to who took it to that She is charming, witty and vivacious exud- new career that I have chosen for the people of More shockingly, while one Now the questions arises The confinement of deities Paraivartan (exchange of soul) place and why. People started ing an air of robust optimism and confidence. Odisha. I am a highly positive person and that incident after another is occur- are, when peace and order will in the sanctum till evening of deities was delayed till mid- doubting the safety of the trea- Armed with a camera, as we approached to her is one of the basics tenets of my personality. I ring in the temple hurting the return to the Jagannath recently has once again made day from scheduled hour of sure trove. A commission has office at Nayapally, we saw her preparing her itin- have quit my 11 years of service to serve the peo- sentiments of the devotees, the Temple? How long the satraps it clear that the servitors are mid night. That of course trig- already submitted its report. erary for the remaining days of the week being ple of the State. I have no reasons to believe and Shree Jagannath Temple go on portraying themselves functioning independent of gered controversy over monop- But the report is yet to be made surrounded by bustling party workers. Born to think in a negative way. Frankly speaking, I have Administration (SJTA), instead deaf and dumb? the temple rules. oly of the community. Owing public. parents late Kusum Mishra and Ajit Mishra, in passed 50 days in the BJP, but I am exceeding- 1969, she had her schooling in a convent school ly happy the way things move in the BJP in and later on completed her graduation with Odisha.