Bhubaneswar: Leader of the Opposition Pradeep Nayak has raised the issue of mining corruption in the Assembly today. The mining mafia and officers have looted millions of rupees. Corruption is rampant, let alone action against a handful of officers. He has repeatedly written letters, but no response has been received. He said the renewal of the lease of mines was a suicide for Odisha. BJD MLA Pratap Deb will answer the opposition at home. He said that in 2015-16, Union ministers Piyush Goel and Dharmendra Pradhan had come to Odisha and said that the state would get millions of rupees from mining revenue. However, he opined how much money Odisha got. The mine auction has been conducted by the Supreme Court as per the guidelines of the Central and State Governments. Nothing is hidden. Why Congress did not keep the data during the CEC investigation. Opposition groups called for a boycott of the assembly, but did not immediately return a call seeking comment. “It simply came to our notice then.
Meanwhile, there was a stalemate in the House over his participation in the adjournment motion. The Congress and the BJP rallied in the middle of the house and chanted slogans. Opposition leaders questioned the BJP’s decision not to adjourn. Why was the BJP’s proposal rejected? We did not discuss why the Congress was adjourned. The Prime Minister’s Farmers’ Honor Fund receives 2 million people. 3.4 million people received the first installment. The leader of the opposition questioned where the remaining Rs 16 lakh went in the second installment.
