Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the simultaneous assembly and Lok Sabha elections in the state, Congress on Tuesday released a ‘chargesheet’ on alleged failures of the BJD government in Odisha and the BJP-led NDA dispensation at the Centre. The chargesheet featured allegations like discrimination of Odias in Odisha, politics over Lord Jagannath, corruption, job scarcity, poor healthcare, worsening law and order, and others.

“Both BJD and BJP governments are anti-people,” chairperson of the campaign committee of Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee, Bijay Patnaik, said.

Responding to the charges, BJP said Odisha has received the maximum benefits from the Narendra Modi government in the last 10 years. BJD described the Congress charges as false, baseless, and a political gimmick. “Naveen Patnaik has been able to give a stable government in Odisha since 2000 only because of his development and welfare agenda,” a senior BJD legislator said.