Sambalpur, May 4: In a sharp reaction to BJD's Sambalpur Lok Sabha candidate Pranab Prakash Das, Leader of Opposition in Odisha Assembly and MLA candidate for Samablpur seat Jaya Narayan Mishra on Saturday said Mission Shakti is not the property of the Biju Janata Dal. 

He said while the Narendra Modi government is making Lakhpati Didi (Women owning lakhs of rupees), the BJD government is employing the Mission Shakti Secretary in the BJD's favour. 

"The Modi government has been busy in making Lakhpati Didis. Mission Shakti is not the sole property of the Biju Janata Dal. The Modi government is committed to making Mission Shakti women self-reliant and empowered," Mishra wrote in X. 

The LoP criticized the BJD government for the Mission Shakti Secretary working as a BJD worker.    

"When action was taken against the Mission Shakti Secretary for working as a BJD worker, it is political immaturity to term the action unjustified," wrote Mishra. 

Questioning the BJD's position, Mishra said, "The BJD's condition is known to all. A Gumasta has turned out to be the BJD's owner. Leaders like Pranab (Das) are engaged in Dwarpal (Gatekeeping) and traffic work. They are decking up stages, spreading sheets and putting chairs for the gumasta."