# Odisha Deputy CM warns officials against poor reporting 2026-08-14T01:53:32+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Odisha Deputy Chief Minister and Agriculture Minister KV Singh Deo told horticulture officials that the government is not a rubber stamp and demanded proper reports instead of bouquets. He questioned why officers attended training programmes without submitting details or outcomes. Singh Deo gave officials seven days to comply, warning that non-compliance would not be tolerated. Times Now reports he said the government is not afraid of bureaucratic pressure and asserted that elected representatives run the government, not officers. ## Coverage - timesnownews.com Tags: accountability, agriculture, bureaucracy, government, KV Singh Deo, Odisha Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/odisha-deputy-cm-warns-officials-against-poor-reporting/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/odisha-deputy-cm-warns-officials-against-poor-reporting/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.