Bhubaneswar: After not being invited to the State-level function held here on the occasion of Capital Foundation Day, Bhubaneswar MP Aparajita Sarangi on Wednesday drew the attention of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
Demanding an enquiry into the incident, MP Sarangi wrote a letter to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
Expressing her deep displeasure, Sarangi wrote, “I am pained to bring to your kind knowledge that today i.e., 13th April 2022, a public function was organized by the State Government and all public representatives of Bhubaneswar city and beyond had been duly invited by the State Government. However, I had not been invited by the State Government to attend the function. Neither the invitation card has my name nor have I been spoken to by anybody in the State Government.”
“Sir, most respectfully I would like to remind you that I am the elected member of Lok Sabha from Bhubaneswar Parliamentary Constituency. As a public representative of the capital, it is my ‘right’ to be invited to the public function which had been organized by the State Government today,” she wrote in the letter.
“Our political ideologies may be different, but you may kindly agree with me that the State Government needs to learn to extend minimum courtesy to the people’s representatives,” the letter read.
“As it does not seem to be an innocuous omission, I would sincerely request you to get this issue of omission enquired into. I humbly expect that the concerned State Authorities will be directed by you to enquire into the matter and find out the person /persons responsible for the omission,” the letter added.
Notably, April 13 is celebrated as Bhubaneswar Capital Foundation Day every year. A public function is organized by the State Government with the participation of all to mark the day.
