Paperman Media ( Bhubaneswar )- AICC Odisha in-charge Lalji Desai gave a statement to the media at Congress Bhavan and said that the BJP is defaming the honor of Odia in all aspects by coming to the government in the name of Odia asmita.
Expressing surprise about the errors in the textbooks of the Odisha government, he said that it is not a common occurrence to have a total of 1678 errors in the textbooks, and there is a serious error in printing the photo of Karnataka Assembly instead of Odisha Assembly, and the photo of Humphey instead of Konark Temple in the children's textbooks. About 10 thousand government schools are closed in Odisha. 80 thousand teacher posts are vacant. The government has completed its responsibility by taking some simple steps. The children Is it Odia asmita that a simple book cannot be printed properly, asked Shri Desai.
Regarding the upcoming steps of the Congress, he said that children should not come to the streets, instead, Congress party workers will protest all over Odisha demanding the resignation of the Minister of mass Education, Shri Desai said.
Repeating his words, OPCC President Bhakta Charan Das said that an Odisha bandh will be called if he does not resign within 7 days. He also said that if the Union Education Minister resigned for dereliction of duty, then why will the State Education Minister not pay for the unforgivable mistakes in the textbook?
And in the evning a huge march held from Congress Bhavan to Lok Seva Bhavan under the leadership of Shri Desai and President Shri Das, and all senior leaders and workers of the Congress joined the protest march.
In this press release, former Union Minister Shrikant Jena, Congress Legislative Party Leader Ramachandra Kadam, OPCC Vice President (Organization) Santosh Singh Saluja, Media Department Chairman Arvind Das, Spokesperson Rajni Kumar Mohanty and Jagdananda Pradhan were also present.
