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“In his 19 years of rule, Naveen Patnaik has created poorer people in the state. Only four to five bureaucrats are ruling the state and the voice of poor is been suppressed to benefit a handful of corporate houses,” he added. “It is your (referring to tribals) land and without your consent no one can take it. KORAPUT: Congress president Rahul Gandhi accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of snatching employment from the people of Odisha by giving the Rafale contract to his friend Anil Ambani, while addressing a meeting at Ekamba, about 45 km from the engine division of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), Sunabeda.“Thousands of local youths would have got employment if the Rafale contract had gone to HAL that has 70 years of experience in manufacturing fighter aircrafts. The government has to pay four times the market price to acquire your land for some projects,” he added.Firing a fresh salvo at chief minister Naveen Patnaik, the Congress president said there is no dearth of resources in Odisha, also what is worrying that there is no dearth of poor people in the state..