Bhubaneswar, Jan. 14 -- There seems to be a war of words between the BJP and BJD over the sops announced by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for anganwadi workers. Accusing the ruling-BJD of dolling out sops to anganwadi workers on Central funds, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today stated that Prime Narendra Modi had announced the hike in September last year and the state government is now claiming it to be its own.
"PM Modi had increased remuneration of Anganwadi workers by Rs 1,500 in October. But Odisha government was sleeping on it. Without increasing a single rupee, Odisha government announced to provide retirement benefits of Rs 20,000. When other States have hiked the basic salary to Rs 13,000, Odisha government is only trying to t...