BJD attacks Odisha govt over unfulfilled promises

Bhubaneswar, Sep 17 (UNI) The opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Thursday accused the BJP government in Odisha of failing to deliver on its "double engine, double development" promise, alleging that the state has witnessed a decline in development, rising prices, unemployment and distress migration during its nearly two-and-a-half years in office. In a statement, BJD spokesperson and media coordinator Dr Lenin Mohanty cited a decline in central grants, deterioration in law and order, a rise in crimes against women, alleged illegal mining, slow government spending and other issues to target the state government. Mohanty claimed that central grants to…