Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Odisha Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida said that the main focus of the newly elected Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the state will be on promoting nature tourism.

Parida, who also holds the tourism ministry in the state government, said that although spiritual tourism has been developed, nature tourism has not been so developed despite it having potential in the state.

Parvati Parida also thanked Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi for giving her the portfolios of Women and Child Development, Mission Shakti and Tourism.

Parida said, "I would like to thank Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi for giving me this responsibility. In the field of tourism, most of the development in the state has been done for spiritual pilgrims.We will work for nature-loving tourists visiting Odisha,” he told ANI.

He alleged that previous BJD governments in the state did not do much to develop the tourism sector in the state, adding that political will was needed to develop tourism.

“Odisha has the financial resources. But there must be political will to develop tourism.However, previous BJD governments did not do much for development. We have a long coastline but we could not develop tourism or other sectors much. With our government, Parida said, developmental work will be done with the help of the Centre.

Talking about her priorities as Women and Child Development Minister, Parida said that the state government will make women stakeholders of development.

“In the state, ‘Mission Shakti’ was there only in name, but no empowerment of women was done.The BJP made two chief ministers and ensured that one of them was a woman. We will ensure that women become part of the development story in our state,” Parida said.

He said, "For the overall development of women, our government will make them aware of their legal rights, empower them economically and socially and make them partners in development."

Parida also stressed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been advocating women-led development and the state government will follow the same.

Mohan Charan Majhi was sworn in as the Chief Minister of the first Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Odisha in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 12.Deputy Chief Ministers Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo and Pravati Parida were also sworn in at the ceremony held at Janata Maidan in Bhubaneswar, which was conducted by Odisha Governor Raghubar Das.

In one of the first decisions of the new government, the Cabinet approved the proposal to reopen all four gates of Shri Jagannath Temple in Puri, which were closed since the Covid pandemic, and set up a corpus fund for the same. Was.