Mainstream WeeklyThe BJP government of Mohan Charan Majhi in Odisha is making all possible attempts to consolidate its electoral victory in 2024 after almost a quarter of a century. In order to weaken the long-standing credentials of the Naveen Patnaik-led BJD government, which ruled the state for around two and a half decades and at present is a strong opposition, the Chief Minister has renamed several welfare schemes particularly named after Late Biju Patnaik.
Although the rights-based approach, as well as the campaign for an inclusive society, has appealed to the vast majority that the government is pro-poor, it is pertinent to understand if the regime change and its campaign of