Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Assembly Tuesday witnessed heated debate with the opposition BJP raising the issue of a BJD MLA's remark during a bureaucrat's recent visit to Nabarangpur and the ruling BJD coming down heavily on the Centre's decision to discontinue the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana.
The issue of the 5T secretary's visit was raised during Zero Hour when Leader of Opposition Jaynarayan Mishra criticised the remark of a BJD lawmaker who had described the visit as CMO has come to Nabarangpur on a visit.
Taking a jibe at the BJD MLA for describing the 5T secretary as the CMO, Mishra asked, The 5T secretary can be private secretary to the chief minister, but how can he be the CMO(Chief Minister's Office)? As we know 5T is being called as team work, technology, transparency, transformation and time limit. Earlier, the BJD leaders claimed that 5T is a concept or a vision of chief minister, but now they are claiming that it is CMO, the senior BJP leader said.
He said the 5T secretary may be an employee at the CMO, but cannot be the CMO himself. Referring to the BJD MLAs remark that he would not hesitate to become a slave in order to serve the people, the leader of opposition said: The honourable member needs to uphold the dignity of MLAs. The way he described himself as a slave is uncalled for .