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Bhubaneswar: <\/strong>Moments after Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik made a statement on the floor of the House, Opposition BJP and Congress lashed out at the government calling it a \u2018babudom\u2019 government.<\/p>\n Reacting to the statement, senior Congress leader Narasingha Mishra said that the state government was scared when questions were being asked about the 5T secretary.\u00a0He criticised the government in Odisha calling it a \u2018Babudom\u2019.<\/p>\n \u201cA babudom government is ruling the state. The democracy is neither in Odisha nor in the Centre. Whoever is raising a voice against it, is facing the consequences. Action is being taken out of political vendetta. The government has suppressed the voice of the media and taken away its freedom. The state government has become so intolerant that it has crossed all limits.\u201d Mishra told mediapersons.<\/p>\n On CM\u2019s praise for the NDA government at Centre led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he said, \u201cWe saw the CM rating Modi the government an 8 out of 10. But today, his party is raising NHAI issue in the House. This indicates a mock fight outside the House to fool people.\u201d<\/p>\n He said that the government rejected adjournment motion in the House without any reason. When asked about 5T, the government is avoiding replying. The CM might be feeling helpless, so he is sending his secretary to cover all constituencies for election campaign.<\/p>\n \u201cIf such a large number of grievances have been redressed, why the protestors hit the streets in Bhubaneswar? Why did not the 5T Secretary redress their grievances in their constituencies? It indicates that he was not visiting the districts for redressal of people\u2019s grievances, rather he was offering money to outfits to garner votes,\u201d Mishra alleged.<\/p>\n BJP Chief Whip Mohan Charan Majhi condemned the way CM Patnaik made his statement in the House.<\/p>\n \u201cThe adjournment motion was scheduled in the House today. However, the Speaker rejected it. The CM made Suo moto statement in the House. He could have replied to questions during the adjournment motion. Why did the government avoid the adjournment motion? During the period, we were to ask questions and he would have given replies. We had not sought a statement in the House. He did it out of fear during ruckus in the House,\u201d the BJP leader said.<\/p>\n \u201cWe had asked him the question whether a secretary is powerful or a minister. But what did he do? He told about expenses made for people\u2019s grievance redressal exercises only to protect the secretary. It was our right to know complete expenditure incurred during visit of the CMO officials to various districts, whether there was budgetary allocation for the expenses,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n When asked about the CM\u2019s statement on 5T Secretary\u2019s complete expenditure during his visits in past three and half years, Majhi said, \u201cOnly one meeting costs Rs 20-25 crore. But the CM said that Rs 40 crore has been spent during last three years. This is a joke. Around Rs 600 crore has been spent for 5T Secretary\u2019s visit, the expenditure is more than of Chandrayaan project cost. Such huge expenditure never incurred during CM\u2019s visit. The way the 5T Secretary was given permission to visit districts and spend huge amount, was undemocratic.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n