Former Odisha CM lashes out at current BJP govt for disruptions in disbursement of pensions (opens original article in a new tab)

Former Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik accused the current BJP government of failing to distribute pensions to 1.8 million beneficiaries for three months, citing a software issue and demanding immediate action.

• Former Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik criticized the current BJP government for delays in pension disbursements affecting 1.8 million beneficiaries
• Patnaik cited a software issue as the cause of the three-month delay, calling it a failure of governance and negligence
• He urged immediate manual disbursement of pending pensions and referenced his previous government's successful pension distribution model