Tag: Sapling Scam

Bhubaneswar: Launching a scathing attack on the ruling-BJD, the BJP today said it has chalked out plans to reach out the people of the State and highlight corruption by the government. The saffron party passed as many as 15 political resolutions including 10 on corruption issues at its State Executive meeting today which includes a […]

Bhubaneswar: Mounting its attack on the ruling-BJD, BJP today demanded probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the alleged sapling, cooperative bank loan and Omfed scams. In a presser, BJP spokesperson Pitambar Acharya said the saffron party will hit the streets if the ruling-BJD does not pay heed to the demands and handover […]

Bhubaneswar: Amid ruckus inside the Odisha Assembly over sapling plantation scam, Speaker P K Amat today directed Agriculture Minister P K Maharathy to make a statement on the alleged irregularities before the end of this session of the House. The Monsoon session of Odisha Assembly will end on September 20. The direction was given as […]

Bhubaneswar: The Question Hour in Odisha Assembly was washed out for the sixth consecutive day today amid a ruckus by members of the opposition parties, who demanded a clarification from Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik over the recent scams including the Omfed and Sapling scams. The House was adjourned twice in the pre-lunch session as members […]

Bhubaneswar: After creating a flutter with his back-to-back allegations of scams and irregularities in the BJD-led government, senior BJD leader Damodar Rout on Wednesday went soft on the Odisha government to the extent of saying, ‘Naveen Babu is a good human being and he has no fault in these irregularities.’ In what seemed an attempt […]

Bhubaneswar: Senior leader Damodar Rout on Monday blamed BJD leader Arun Sahoo for ruckus during former’s public rally -Baripada Samavesh and said that he would have to visit Sahoo’s constituency, Nayagarh, to take him to task. Rout alleged that the BJD MLA hired a person to create ruckus during his public meeting out of fear. […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after former minister Damodar Rout alleged massive irregularities in Cooperative Bank loans, Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) chief Niranjan Patnaik today backed the ex-minister and targeted Odisha government for its silence on the issue. “Dama Rout is a senior BJD leader and former minister. There might be some truth in whatever he […]

Bhubaneswar: After creating a flutter in Odisha politics with sapling and Omfed scams allegations, former Cooperation Minister Damodar Rout on Saturday hinted at another scam in Cooperative bank loans. The senior BJD leader pegged the scam to be around Rs 700 crore to Rs 800 crore. Rout said that while 60% loan from the banks […]

Bhubaneswar: Former Agriculture Minister Damodar Rout on Thursday once again raked up the sapling scam by stating that the media should identity the ‘godfather’ who shielded the corrupt officials. Speaking to the media, Rout said, “If I could take the name of the godfather, I would have taken it. As I suspended an official who […]

Bhubaneswar: ‘Dama wave’ is currently shaking up the Odisha government and it is evident from his back-to-back attacks. After his revelations alleging that the sapling scam is over Rs 100 crore, the senior BJD leader and former Agriculture Minister Damodar Rout today raked up another case of corruption alleging a scam in Omfed to the […]

Bhubaneswar: Continuing his tirade against the State government, expelled BJD leader and former minister Damodar Rout today alleged that he was offered a bribe of Rs 1 crore to keep mum on the sapling scam. Rout made such startling revelation during his first public meeting held at Nrurtanga in Mahanaga after his expulsion from BJD. […]

Bhubaneswar: At a time when the state government and the Opposition are at loggerheads over allegations of irregularities in sapling and plantation schemes leveled by former minister and expelled BJD leader Damodar Rout, OTV investigated the circumstances under which the scam was clandestinely executed by none other than government officials. MGNREGA reports claim that in […]

Nabarangpur: Charges of embezzlement of Rs 22 lakh in cashew plantation in two blocks of Nabarangpur district have been brought against the officials of the Horticulture department. Though the department claimed that money was sanctioned for farmers of Patraputa village of Tentulikhunta block and Photakota and Urdi villages of Nabarangpur block to plant cashew saplings, […]