BHUBANESWAR : The BJD on Tuesday asked Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to practise yoga to lower his blood pressure.
Questioning the Union minister about his contribution towards development of his home district Angul and neighbouring Dhenkanal and Sambalpur, BJD general secretary (organisation) Pranab Prakash Das took to social media platform X and and said Pradhan was asked three straight questions by his party. But instead of replying to the questions, he was getting irritated. “Your blood pressure is going up, do some yoga regularly to bring it under control,” Das said.
Das said as the union education minister, Pradhan failed to open a central university even in his home district. “You have not been able to open even one Navodaya Vidyalaya or a skill development centre in these districts,” he said.
Alleging Pradhan has taken no steps for developing the three districts, the BJD leader said national highway 55 passing through these districts continues to remain in dilapidated condition. Repair and renovation of the national highway is going on for the last 10 years forcing people to travel on the state highway instead, he added.
Referring to other prominent leaders and ministers from the area, Das said former Union minister KP Singhdeo had taken initiative to open Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) at Dhenkanal during his tenure as a minister. ENS