BJD criticises Odisha govt for decision to paint school buildings orange

Bhubaneswar: The BJP government in Odisha has decided to paint all government school buildings with a shade of orange.
This move has prompted the opposition BJD to allege that it is part of the ruling party’s attempt at saffronisation of education.
However, the BJP asserted that the BJD during its 24-year rule till June 2024, had painted school buildings green and student uniforms were green and white, similar to the party’s colour code.
The Odisha State Education Programme Authority (OSEPA) has recently issued an instruction to all district collectors about painting school buildings with ‘Orange Tan-N’ colour.
Alleging that the BJP is trying to infuse politics in the minds of schoolboys and girls, BJD leader Prasanna Acharya claimed that nothing positive would be achieved by such a decision which involved crores of rupees of from the state exchequer.
In October last year, the BJP government changed the colour of the school uniforms of students studying in classes 9 and 10 of government and aided schools.
The new uniforms have a combination of light brown, chocolate and clay-baked yellow colours.