The Higher education controversy in Orissa is a sensitive political issue that has caused parliamentary walkouts, violence, unrest and has been a subject of scholarly publications. According to the media reports, there has been large-scale discrimination in setting up these institutions of higher learning against a few states, especially Orissa.
It has also been observed within scholarly circles that Orissa is routinely discriminated against by the Indian government, which has caused the state to lag behind the rest of the nation in terms of infrastructure, poverty reduction, literacy, education, and health.
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