Four BJD MPs on Wednesday met Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in New Delhi seeking release of the fund of Rs 545 crore deposited by the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration in the crisis-hit Yes Bank.
Prasanna Acharya, Achyuta Samanta, Dr Amar Patnaik and Dr Sasmit Patra held talks with Sitharaman pleaded for withdrawal of the money from the bank. They also handed over a copy of the letter in this regard written by State Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari to Sitharaman.
Prasanna Acharya told reporters that the Union Finance Minister assured the MPs about the safety of the fund deposited in the Yes Bank.
Pujari has written to Sitharaman requesting her to issue necessary instruction to the Reserve Bank of India to allow release of the deposit relating to SJTA in the Yes Bank in the interest of millions of devotees of Lord Jagannath.
Notably, the amount of Rs 545 crore has been deposited in the Yes Bank, Puri branch in form of TDRs.