The appointment of the BJD Minority Cell president has raised many eyebrows and the party has come in line of fire of the BJP, which lambasted the ruling party on Tuesday.
Sources said the party had appointed Mir Mujib Bux as the Kendrapada BJD Minority Cell president, who is said to be a close confidante of two MlAs of the district, Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak and Subrat Tarai.
However, a case of mid day meal rice embezzlement of more than Rs 50 lakh is pending in court against him. The district police had lodged a case against him under different section of IPC for fraud to criminal conspiracy.
This has raised many an eyebrow and the opposition BJP has questioned his appointment.
BJP vice-president Samir Mohanty said the BJD has become a syndicate of looters. So, it is no big deal that people like Mir Muzib Bux are at the helm of affairs.
BJD spokesperson Amar Prasad Satpathy said if there an allegations pending against anyone and it comes to the notice of the party supremo action will be taken.