Amidst the escalating election fervour, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have exchanged barbs, alleging that their respective flagship health schemes have fallen short of expectations.
The BJD accused BJP of sabotaging Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojna (BSKY), the State-sponsored universal health coverage scheme.
“The BSKY health cards guarantee free treatment in any government hospital with no limit and ₹10 lakhs for women and ₹5 lakhs for men in private hospitals each year. For BSKY, there are 652 hospitals empanelled within Odisha and 164 premier hospitals empanelled across 16 States, and this number is growing,” said Sasmit Patra, BJD’s national spokesperson.
