DOSA writes letter to Orissa MP Mr. B.J.Panda congratulating him for his wonderful speech in Lok Sabha on 4th March 2010 raising many issues on Orissa

To,

Shri B.J. Panda
Hon'ble Member of Parliament ,
Lok Sabha.

Date: 4th March 2010

Dear Sir,

Hearty Congratulations to you for a very resourceful,relevant and Orissa specific speech in the Parliament few minutes back which we were watching on Lok Sabha TV. Delhi Oriya Students' Association (DOSA) welcomes your concerns in the Parliament regarding Orissa . Some of the issues raised by you are highly appreciated by DOSA.

You gave highest priority to the Regional Disparity which was directly indicated towards Orissa.

Unfair Policies of the Central Govt. which severely affects the state like Orissa.

Left Wing Extremism which has the root at the lack of Development at grass root level . A lot more is needed to be done for improving the Internal Security Situation.

Sir, your 3 suggestions to tackle Left Wing Extremism on permanent basis was appealing. A) Development in Backward Regions, B) Taking tough action against the violent extremists C) Initiating talk to those extremist groups who give up arms.

Sir, You went back to 25 yrs reminding the house what a former Prime Minister had told about Corruption that only 15% reaches to the common man.Here you emphasized on Social Spending and appealed the Central Govt. to start finding whether the situation has improved and how much ?

Again on BPL issue, the non-cooperation of the Central Govt. to the State Govt. e.g. Centre not accepting the BPL list by the Orisa Govt. is a very serious issue. This observation of you will be an eye opener to the respective Govt.s at the Centre who only shout Garibi Hatao and talk of the Aam Admi but never gives attention to the drawbacks i the systems like this, which you mentioned today in the Parliament.

That the BJD will support the Womens' Reservation Bill in the Parliament and Late Biju Patnaik was the Champion of this cause and Orissa is an example for other states in this regard by early implementation of Womens' Reservation in PRIs.

Sir, your seriousness about Education is very very genuine and the truth from the ground level. That the large no. of schools not having Building ,students siting outside,Teachers Absenteeism are very serious issues .You mentioned very rightly that It is not just the question of money , it is about Taking Steps and Implementation. So fundamental changes are required urgently.

Sir, you raised a very fundamental issue of Restructuring or Re engineering the pattern of funding of Education at national level. Sir, we request you to take up this issue with the HRD Ministry and the Prime Minister and serious discusions must be started on this soon.

Sir, on Railways your concerns are not only genuine but also according to the need of the people of Orisa. We congratulate you for raising this issue, particularly the Demand for Eastern India Railways Development Fund for Orisa and Jharkhand.

Sir,you mentioned rightly about the Railways Track Density being much lower in Orissa compared to national average and to our neighbouring states (Bengal and Bihar).It is again Regional Disparity and another reason for the rise of Left wing Extremism in Orissa and Railway Density in Orisa can be a solution to Maoism here.

Sir, we are thankful to you for raising the issue of connectivity to the most backward KBK region and mentioning that only 36KM has been built out of 289 KM for connecting KBK region with Coastal Orisa. The Railways and the Central Govt. must be ashamed of this fact listening from you today in the Parliament.

Sir, you raised very relevant point of IT enable Services in Rural areas for the rapid development and the poor people of villages to take advantage from the Industrialisation process and the E-Governance. It is a national urgent need and must be prioritised and raised again and again by young policy makers like you.

Sir, your concern that basic infrastructure not being emphasized much by the Central Govt. is true and as you mentioned that the farmers are the largest beneficiaries due to PMGSY roads due to improved access to the Market.

Sir, your observation is not only highly relevant but also reminds the country of the dream of Mahatma Gandhi "Gram Swaraj" and that "India lives in its villages". Also the fact that our target in developing the National Highways are very low when compared to China, but the Central Govt. feels proud of our NH development. They must introspect.

Sir, last but not the least your view that India should always compare it with China and the fact which you mentioned that within last 30 years though our population growth is same but China's achieved 4 times higher economic growth than us. Again you questioned the fundamental issue of our so called national development.

Sir, All the issues raised by you in the Lok Sabha today while discussing the Presidents' Address are of much higher importance both for Orisa and the nation. Delhi Oriya Students' Association(DOSA)congratulate you and at the same time feel proud to have a dynamic, visionary leader like you in Orissa.

Thanking You,
With Regards,

Tejeswar Parida
President, Delhi Oriya Students' Association.
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