Tag: Paddy Procurement Scam

Bhubaneswar: With the Opposition Congress repeatedly targeting the ruling-BJD over the alleged involvement of its Kendrapara district president in the paddy procurement scam that surfaced in 2015-16, Cooperation Minister Surya Narayan Patro on Monday ordered an investigation into the scam and asked to submit a report in this regard within 15 days. As per sources, […]

Bhubaneswar: The first day of second phase of the budget session of Odisha Assembly ended on a stormy note today with Opposition Congress targeting the ruling-BJD over the alleged involvement of its Kendrapara district president in the paddy procurement scam. Soon after the Zero Hour began, Congress legislators targeted the treasury bench members over the […]

Kendrapara: Senior BJD leader and Kendrapara district president Dhruba Sahoo on Tuesday refuted the allegations brought in by Congress MLA from Rajnagar Anshuman Mohanty stating that he is in no way involved in the 2015-16 paddy procurement scam. Sahoo also targeted OTV for telecasting the news and also dragged MP Baijayant Panda’s name into the […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government on Saturday ordered vigilance probe into the Rs 4 crore large area multi-purpose cooperative societies (LAMPS) scam in Koraput district. For the procurement of paddy, there are 48 LAMPS in Koraput. In a recent audit report, irregularities of Rs 4 crore between 2012 and 2015 came to fore. “In a special audit report, the […]

Koraput: The Vigilance SP of Jeypore division has registered cases against 37 managing directors of large area multi-purpose cooperative societies (LAMPS) in the undivided Koraput district on charges of financial fraud to the tune of Rs 4 crore committed through bogus paddy procurement bills. Jeypore Vigilance SP Harekrushna Behera informed that after an enquiry into […]

Bhubaneswar/Kendrapara: Looks as if the Kendrapara district president of BJD, Dhruba Sahoo, has scored an own goal while making attempts to beat allegations of irregularities in paddy procurement leveled against him. Days after he gave a clean chit to himself citing the CAG report, the same report now revealed his involvement in the scam as […]