Bhadrak, Dec 28: In a reaction to 5-T Chairman VK Pandian's indirect political remark, Dhamnagar BJP MLA Suryabanshi Suraj on Thursday said baseless political comments at government programmes are ridiculous. 

Notably, Pandian made a political comment while attending a government programme at Asurali under the Dhamnagar Assembly constituency yesterday. He made an indirect political comment against a Union Minister. 

Terming the Pandian's political comments as ridiculous, Suraj wanted to know why just Rs 100 crore was given to Dhamnagar, while Rs 250 crore was doled out to Bhadrak and Rs 350 to Chandbali. 

Suryabanshi said the Union Minister, the BJP and the MLA are all keen to fulfill promises made by them but the Odisha government is not letting the proposals to be executed on political considerations. People have already understood it and are going to give a befitting reply at an appropriate time. 

The MLA termed the Rs 22-crore river embankment project as a joke. He demanded that permanent steps be taken to save Dhamnagar from floods. Baitarni river embankment plan should be implemented, he demanded. 

He further said the people of Odisha know the contributions of Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to the State and, thus, the baseless comments against him are not at all acceptable.