BHUBANESWAR: The BJD move for a survey of socially and economically backward classes (SEBCs) seems to be an attempt by the party to enhance its image within the community, whose number is perceived to be half of the state’s population.
The ruling dispensation had started the process a year back, when the Naveen Patnaik government had moved the Centre for a socio-economic caste enumeration along with the general census 2021. A month later, the state assembly also passed the Odisha State Commission for Backward Classes (amendment) legislation to empower the commission for backward classes to conduct the survey.
While Covid-19 stalled the process, the issue was back in the limelight at the BJD state council meeting, where a proposal was passed to conduct survey of SEBCs in the state and received the nod from the chief minister.
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Bhubaneswar Minor Gangrape Case: OTV MD Appears Before OSCPCR 22
Bhubaneswar: The managing director of OTV, Jagi Mangat Panda, today appeared before the Odisha State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (OSCPCR) in connection with the alleged minor gangrape case in Bhubaneswar.
Today, Panda virtually appeared before the Commission and refuted all the allegations made against her in this connection. It may be mentioned here that earlier she had failed to appear before the Commission even though she had got a notice in this regard.
On the other hand, the victim’s counsel expressed dissatisfaction on Panda’s statement. “We have not accepted the OTV MD’s refusal to all the allegations against her. What she told before the Commission is not true and she has not been cooperating in the probe,” said the victim’s lawyer Bhagyabati Routray. She added that if Panda had cooperated, the investigation would not have been delayed.