bhubaneswar the bjd on wednesday urged the centre to give states more say in dealing with lockdown issues like allowing interstate movement of trains and operating domestic flights the party feels this will enable the states to fight the covid19 pandemic in an effective mannerthe issue was raised by pinaki mishra bjds leader in lok sabha as well as others during a videoconference with prime minister narendra modi on the covid19 situationthe lockdown may not be lifted at one go on april 14 although a clearer picture will emerge when the prime minister holds a videoconference with all chief ministers on april 11 mishra told toi from new delhion behalf of our party i said the states should have the leeway to decide whether they want to allow interstate train or flight movement immediately or in a staggered manner the bjd leader addedthe party also demanded that the centre should immediately release funds to the states under the various centrally sponsored schemes especially mahatma gandhi national rural employment guarantee scheme mgnrega that helps in creating jobs in rural areas there are around 36 lakh active jobcard holders in odisha under the rural job schemeunder mgnrega the state government is expected to get rs 551 crore under labour component and rs 251 crore under material component from the centre which is part of the first instalment said a state panchayati raj department sourcewith the centre yet to release gst compensation to the states since december mishra demanded that the amount should be released immediately he also asked the centre should consider the states demand to revise coal royalty to financially empower the states to fight covid19 revision of coal royalty has been a longstanding demand of the odisha governmentthe bjd also raised objection to the centres recent decision to suspend the members of parliament local area development mplad fund for two years during the videoconference mishra said the amount for mplad should be deposited in the chief ministers relief fundwe get the mplad because we are elected by the states so rather than putting the amount in a consolidated fund of the country it should be deposited in the state kitty so that states will get additional resources to fight the pandemic the puri mp saidmps get rs 5 crore per annum under the mplad scheme odisha has 21 mps in lok sabha and 10 in rajya sabhastating that the large economies of the world are spending around 10 per cent of their gdp in the fighting against the covid19 mishra said the package announced by the centre is too small we have decided to spend only rs 2 lakh crore which includes a propoor financial package of rs 17 lakh crore we should spend around rs 15 to rs 20 lakh crore in fighting the pandemic time has come to breach the fiscal deficit barrier mishra saidthe bjd leader also a senior supreme court lawyer highlighted the need for refinancing sectors like msme airline industries hospitality and real estate industries