India, July 26 -- Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Odisha Assembly, Naveen Patnaik, today criticized the state government over the cancellation of tender for the much-anticipated Bhubaneswar Metro Rail project.
Patnaik, a five-time former Chief Minister, alleged that the double-engine government (BJP governments at the Centre and Odisha) has betrayed the people of the state by cancelling the tender for the metro rail project.
"The shocking decision by the double-engine government will push the city to 10 years back," claimed Patnaik, the president of Biju Janata Dal (BJD).
According to Patnaik, the successive BJD governments in the state always had a dream to develop Bhubaneswar into a world-class city. The BJD governments had been focusing...