Odisha BJP releases ‘charge sheet’ against BJD govt on four-year completion

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Odisha, the state unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday released a charge sheet against the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) government on completion of four-year in government in the fourth term.

The party has decided to reach out to people with a list of allegations against Naveen Patnaik Government citing 36 instances of corruption.

BJP state unit president Basanta Panda released a booklet highlighting the instances of corruption including chit fund scam, MNREGA scam, forest land scam and mining scams.

“Corruption and scam are prevalent in the state. We will reach out to people and highlight the multi-thousand crore corruption committed by the ruling BJD. We will bring out a charge sheet against the Naveen Patnaik Government listing 36 instances of major corruption, including the multi-crore mining and chit fund scams,” said Panda.

Chargesheet would list the cases of corruption of the BJD government in its last 18 years of rule, said Panda.

Notably, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Odisha on May 26 and attend a mega public rally at the Bali Jatra ground in Cuttack city to highlight the Centre’s achievements in the last four years.