The BJP has launched a drive to feed poor people in the State under a "Feed the Needy-PM Anna Yojana" during the ongoing lockdown period.
So far, party workers have supplied cooked foods to about 37,000 people and dry rations to about 15,000 people at different places under 112 Assembly constituencies and 252 blocks and ULBs. As many as 4,000 party workers have been engaged in this work.
Union Ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and Pratap Chandra Sarangi and party State president Samir Mohanty held discussions with party workers through a videoconference in this regard. They advised the workers to ensure that nobody dies due to starvation in their areas.
On Thursday, BJP MLAs Ganesh Ram Khuntia, Prakas Soren, Dr Burdhan Murmu, Nauri Naik, Kusum Tete, Bhabani Bhoi and Mukesh Mahaling participated in the food distribution work.
