Bhubaneswar

‘Kelua embankment blasted by BJD MLA’

PNS

BJP State general secretary Dr Lekhasri Samantsinghar on Monday alleged that Dharmashala BJD MLA Pranab Balabantray and his maternal uncle Naren Jena alias Badal blasted the Kelua river embankment with a dynamite in Jajpur district in order to loot Government funds post-floods.

“To bungle Government funds, Balabantray and his uncle Badal Jena have broken the Kelua river embankment in Kotapur gram panchayat under Dharmqashala block in Jajpur district and put lives of over a lakh of villagers in danger. A 300-ft breach has occurred on the embankment. Creating an artificial breach by blasting dynamite is an anti-national act,” alleged Samantsinghar.

She demanded that stringent action against the MLA and his uncle under various laws and a probe conducted by an acting judge.