The State Government is committed to protect the interests of the investors of the chit fund companies, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said here on Sunday.
He said Baleswar is the affected most in the fraudulent dealings of the multilevel marketing companies. The Government has instituted a judicial inquiry into the scam and has also created a corpus fund to help the depositors, Patnaik said at a meeting held at the Gandhi Smruri Bhawan.
He was addressing a meeting where he appealed to the voters to support the ruling BJD in the September 19 elections to the Baleswar Municipal Council. He read out the names of the party candidates. BJD observers for Baleswar Pramila Mallick, Atanu Sabysachi Nayak and Ajay Nayak and party MlAs of the district Ananta Das, Sudarsan Jena and JP Dash were present.