Bhubaneswar, July 27 -- Opposition parties in Odisha intensified pressure on the Mohan Charan Majhi government on Monday after Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president and former chief minister Naveen Patnaik demanded the resignation of school and mass education minister Nityananda Gond, holding him accountable for widespread errors in newly introduced school textbooks.

Patnaik said the minister should accept moral responsibility for the lapses and step down, drawing a parallel with the recent resignation of former Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan.

"School and mass education minister Nityananda Gond should resign. There have been a number of mistakes in the textbooks for students in our state. He should follow the example of Dharmendr...