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India News Live Updates: BJD govt deprived people of Odisha Ayushman Bharat benefits for its personal interest, says Majhi

Odisha chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Tuesday slammed the previous Naveen Patnaik government for not implementing the Ayushman Bharat scheme in the state, alleging that the BJD dispensation had deprived people of benefits of the health insurance programme for its “personal interest”.

Majhi arrived here this morning from New Delhi, where he joined a programme on signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Odisha government and the Centre for implementation of the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana on Monday.

“Though the Centre implemented the Ayushman Bharat scheme in 2018, the previous BJD government did not launch it in Odisha due to its personal interest,” Majhi told reporters.

The BJD rejected the allegation, asserting that the saffron party was trying to score political brownie points, which is “extremely sad and unfortunate”.

Majhi also claimed that the BJP government implemented the scheme after the party came to power in the eastern state last year.

“The BJP, as the opposition party, had demanded its implementation. However, the then BJD government did not pay attention to our demand. Finally, the people ousted the party from power and elected us to form a ‘double engine’ government in Odisha. Our government has implemented the Ayushman Bharat scheme,” he said.

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