Reiterating its demand for CBI probe into the Ghanghapatna land scam, the BJP State unit on Thursday held a massive rally and organsied a meeting at the village and dared the Government to issue a public notice that it had restored the land under illegal occupation of influential persons.
The leaders along with hundreds of supporters and people from Khurdha and Bhubaneswar gathered at the Ghangapatana village in the morning to protest the alleged land scam and press for a probe by the Central agency.Addressing the gathering senior leader Bijay Mohapatra said the Government’s claim of taking back the lands was false.
“We have information that the Government’s claim of restoring 76 acres of encroached land in Ghangapatana area is false. The Government has not taken the encroached land into its custody. If it has, it should publish a public notification forthwith,” said Mohapatra.Senior leader Biswa Bhushan Harichandan too demanded CBI inquiry into the scam. State BJP president KV Singh Deo clarified that no land was registered in the name of his daughter.
Party Khurdha district unit president Sudipta Ray, senior leader Surama Padhi, Sameer Mohanty, Jitu Mitra, Dilip Mohanty, Jagannath Pradhan, Pravati Parida and Jatin Mohanty led the protest rally.