Cong suggests no trust move against govt, BJP says it will backfire
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Bhubaneswar: Revenue and disaster management minister Suresh Pujari on Thursday warned that any attempt by the opposition to introduce a no-confidence vote against the Mohan Charan Majhi-led govt would backfire.
This comes in response to OPCC chief Bhakta Charan Das's suggestion that his party might consider such a move due to increasing concerns over rising crimes against women in the state.
"We are prepared to face any motion. We will highlight the govt's achievements. It will boomerang for them," Pujari said in response to the Cong leader's statement. Bhakta on Wednesday said the principal opposition party, BJD, should bring a no-trust motion against the BJP govt, which his party would support.
Otherwise, BJD should support such a move by the Congress.
Stating that the current govt is just one year and three months old, while Congress ruled Odisha for 40 years and BJD and its earlier avatar of Janata Dal governed the state for 35 years, Pujari said they have much to answer. "I would suggest they better come prepared with sufficient homework. We are ready," he said, adding that the track record of the two parties on women's issues is very bad, while the current govt has been very proactive in taking action.
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When asked about BJD's response, deputy leader of opposition and BJD MLA Prasanna Acharya said there is no point speculating over a hypothetical situation when dates for the next session of Vidhan Sabha have not even been notified. "Let the time come. BJD will take an appropriate decision keeping in mind people's and party's interest," he said.
In the 147-member house, BJP has 78 members. While BJD has 51 MLAs, Congress has 14, besides four others. In case of a voting, BJP is comfortably placed, though Congress would use such a motion to draw attention to the perceived rise in crimes against women in recent days.
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