Scamsters, honey-trapped leaders are in BJD: Dharmendra Pradhan

By Express News Service

BARGARH: Turning the warmth on ruling BJD forward of the high-stake Padampur bypoll, Union Education Minister on Wednesday skilled weapons on the state authorities for the police motion in opposition to BJP’s Sundargarh MLA Kusum Tete.

Tete was booked by police for protesting in opposition to authorities officers who held the spouse of Gobardhan Agrawal captive for greater than 9 hours on the pretext of GST raid, he claimed.

“Kusum Tete has not murdered anyone, her name is not in the list of scamsters and she is not involved in the chit fund scam. These are the characteristics of BJD leaders. Some ministers facing murder charges have camped in Padampur and are campaigning here. Besides, MLAs honey trapped by Archana Nag are entrusted with the responsibility of panchayats here. We have never heard such allegations against Kusum Tete,” he mentioned.

Pradhan additionally slammed the BJD authorities over its ‘unfulfilled promises’. Addressing public conferences at Badikata and Kharimal in Padampur sub-division, he highlighted the ‘lapses’ of the state authorities.

At Badikata, the Union Minister criticised the announcement made by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to reinforce higher restrict for curiosity free loans to `5 lakh for girls self-help teams (SHGs). “Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced the Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihood Mission under which a woman can avail loan between `3 and `5 lakh from any PSU bank at 7 per cent interest rate instead of the usual 11 per cent. After running out of new ideas, the BJD government now has waived off the rest 4 per cent and taking all the credit of PM Modi,” he mentioned.

Harping on the problems of farmers, Pradhan mentioned, “The state government announced input subsidy 10 days back. Have you received the money in your accounts so far?” He took a a jibe on the CM. “You (Naveen) had announced an assistance of Rs 10,000 for farmers under the KALIA scheme but reduced it by Rs 6,000 and paid only Rs 4,000. In Sohela, you had also promised a bonus of Rs 100 on per quintal of paddy. But that too was not kept.”

The union authorities, Pradhan mentioned, has made a provision of round 28 lakh homes for the individuals of Odisha. However, the state authorities has not despatched the listing of beneficiaries in Western Odisha. “The Centre cannot sanction the funds if the list of names from Western Odisha is not sent to it,” he mentioned.
“Those who could not provide basic amenities are now trying to woo voters with money and political influence. I believe Padampur people will never fall prey to their deception but pave way for Pradip Purohit’s victory,” the Union Minister added.

Contractor faces GST raid
Bargarh: Officials carried out one other GST raid on the residence of in style contractor of Padampur Pratap Patnaik on Tuesday. The raid was carried out by a joint crew of NAC and GST officers. The raid began at round 9 pm and continued for over two hours. Additional tehsildar Ramakrushna Mishra mentioned, “The search was conducted on the basis of some inputs related to the upcoming bypoll. However, nothing was found during the search.” While the contractor has no direct hyperlink with the BJP, the GST raid has raised suspicion over his hyperlinks with the opposition. On Monday, GST raids had been carried out on the premises of six individuals together with Padampur BJP Nagar president Sunil Agarwal.

BARGARH: Turning the warmth on ruling BJD forward of the high-stake Padampur bypoll, Union Education Minister on Wednesday skilled weapons on the state authorities for the police motion in opposition to BJP’s Sundargarh MLA Kusum Tete.

Tete was booked by police for protesting in opposition to authorities officers who held the spouse of Gobardhan Agrawal captive for greater than 9 hours on the pretext of GST raid, he claimed.

“Kusum Tete has not murdered anyone, her name is not in the list of scamsters and she is not involved in the chit fund scam. These are the characteristics of BJD leaders. Some ministers facing murder charges have camped in Padampur and are campaigning here. Besides, MLAs honey trapped by Archana Nag are entrusted with the responsibility of panchayats here. We have never heard such allegations against Kusum Tete,” he mentioned.
Pradhan additionally slammed the BJD authorities over its ‘unfulfilled promises’. Addressing public conferences at Badikata and Kharimal in Padampur sub-division, he highlighted the ‘lapses’ of the state authorities.

At Badikata, the Union Minister criticised the announcement made by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to reinforce higher restrict for curiosity free loans to `5 lakh for girls self-help teams (SHGs). “Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced the Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihood Mission under which a woman can avail loan between `3 and `5 lakh from any PSU bank at 7 per cent interest rate instead of the usual 11 per cent. After running out of new ideas, the BJD government now has waived off the rest 4 per cent and taking all the credit of PM Modi,” he mentioned.

Harping on the problems of farmers, Pradhan mentioned, “The state government announced input subsidy 10 days back. Have you received the money in your accounts so far?” He took a a jibe on the CM. “You (Naveen) had announced an assistance of Rs 10,000 for farmers under the KALIA scheme but reduced it by Rs 6,000 and paid only Rs 4,000. In Sohela, you had also promised a bonus of Rs 100 on per quintal of paddy. But that too was not kept.”

The union authorities, Pradhan mentioned, has made a provision of round 28 lakh homes for the individuals of Odisha. However, the state authorities has not despatched the listing of beneficiaries in Western Odisha. “The Centre cannot sanction the funds if the list of names from Western Odisha is not sent to it,” he mentioned.
“Those who could not provide basic amenities are now trying to woo voters with money and political influence. I believe Padampur people will never fall prey to their deception but pave way for Pradip Purohit’s victory,” the Union Minister added.

Contractor faces GST raid
Bargarh: Officials carried out one other GST raid on the residence of in style contractor of Padampur Pratap Patnaik on Tuesday. The raid was carried out by a joint crew of NAC and GST officers. The raid began at round 9 pm and continued for over two hours. Additional tehsildar Ramakrushna Mishra mentioned, “The search was conducted on the basis of some inputs related to the upcoming bypoll. However, nothing was found during the search.” While the contractor has no direct hyperlink with the BJP, the GST raid has raised suspicion over his hyperlinks with the opposition. On Monday, GST raids had been carried out on the premises of six individuals together with Padampur BJP Nagar president Sunil Agarwal.