Western Odisha Development Council (WODC) Chairman Kishore Kumar Mohanty on Saturday denied the allegation of land grabbing raised by Opposition MlAs in the State Assembly recently.
At a Press meet, Mohanty said the allegation is baseless and politically-motivated. He is ready to face any probe into the charge and welcomed the decision of Government to conduct a high-level inquiry.
He stated that the settlement of Rayati and Nazul lands in his name and those of his wife and son is not contrary to the provisions and does not involve revenue loss.
In the matter of Utkal Sammilani lease land, Mohanty clarified that there is no construction a petrol pump or any other permanent structure on it. On the charge of grabbing Government land, he said he has neither influenced any Government officer nor violated land consolidation laws.Transactions of more than 400 Nazul lands have been made in Jharsuguda Unit Number 6.
If the allegation made by the opposition MlA’s is true the all transactions would be cancelled and it would be applicable on the part of the Jharsuguda MlA for his own land in Sambalpur, Mohanty added.
Jharsuguda Municipality Chairman Harish Ganantra and other senior BJD leaders Manoranjan Mohapatra, Tapas Rai Choudhury, Mukesh Tiwary, Sandeep Awasthy and Trinath Gual were present at the Press meet.