Transformation of Odisha Is Applauded across Country: CM Naveen Patnaik

Bhubaneswar: Odisha today has been making huge strides on the path of development. The transformation of Odisha is noticed and applauded across the country and even the world, said Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at a function here on Monday.

The new Odisha is confident and trying hard to set global standards in all its actions and endeavours, said the Chief Minister while speaking at the Golden Jubilee celebration of Odia daily “The Pragativadi”.

Naveen said that the most essential factor that works for a newspaper is the trust it creates among its readers. Reflecting the issues of society that concern all sections of society, especially the weaker section, is a critical factor that every newspaper should strive for.

Paying tributes to Pradyumna Bal, founder of “The Pragativadi”, the Chief Minister said that Pradyumna Babu was a man of strong determination and high principles. All through his life, he endeavoured to establish democratic values in society. His uncompromising struggle to establish probity in public life, freedom of speech and journalistic ethics will continue to inspire the journalists of the current and future generations, the CM said.

The Pragativadi, in its fifty years of existence, has stood the test of time and has become the voice of the voiceless, he added.