Bhubaneswar, July 28 -- The BJP's Odisha unit on Tuesday hailed a series of decisions by the state government, including naming the newly established Government Medical College and Hospital at Phulbani after Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati, sanctioning Rs 13 crore for the development of the Kanyashram established by the seer, and transferring the investigation into the missing Naidu Commission report files to the Crime Branch.
BJP state general secretary Biranchi Narayan Tripathy said Swami Laxmanananda had dedicated over four decades to the welfare of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities in Kandhamal. The seer promoted education, particularly among tribal children and girls, encouraged Sanskrit learning, campaigned against superst...