leader of Opposition in the State Assembly and senior Congress leader Narasingha Mishra on Friday minced no words in charging the ruling BJD with patronising mafias and criminals and attributed the same to the rising crime graph in the State.
He said the mafias in the State were getting political entitlements and being patronised by the State Government.
Mishra was speaking here at a function organised by the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) as part of its State-wide membership drive.
Mishra said his party had moved a motion and he had also given a notice in the Assembly for a discussion on the politicians-criminals nexus and the protection provided by the Government to the criminals. He hoped that the Speaker would definitely allow a discussion on this important issue.
“There have been allegations against one BJD MlA for having links with the mafia Dhalsamant brothers and another ruling party legislator was involved in chit fund scam,” Mishra said, expressing shock that these serious allegations are not being investigated as it should have been done.
“The law is not taking its desired course in these two serious allegations,” Mishra said, obviously referring to Cuttack MlA Debashis Samantray, who is alleged to have links with the D brothers and neighbouring Banki MlA Pravat Tripathy, who was nevertheless, arrested by the CBI in the chit fund scam.