Bhubaneswar, Nov. 13 -- Expressing serious concern over the mounting burden of rising prices on ordinary households, the Odisha Congress on Friday urged the state government to take immediate measures to control retail inflation, stabilise the prices of essential commodities and generate more employment opportunities to provide relief to economically vulnerable sections of society.
Addressing a press conference in Bhubaneswar, senior Congress leader and former Finance Minister Panchanan Kanungo appealed to the Chief Minister and the Minister of Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare to intervene urgently, alleging that the state government had failed to contain the continuous rise in prices of essential commodities.
Kanungo said Odisha ranked...