Adding to the controversy over the chit fund scam that has already put the Naveen Patnaik Government in a tight spot, the Opposition Congress on Tuesday sought to know from the Chief Minister in whose account in a bank in the Capital city an amount of Rs.8 crore was deposited on a single day.
Alleging that the money was deposited in the said bank account by two persons who were linked to a chit fund company involved in the scam, Leader of the Opposition Narasingha Mishra said Mr. Patnaik should clarify in the Assembly in which way he and the ruling Biju Janata Dal were associated with the said bank account.
Mr. Mishra said Mr. Patnaik should make a statement in the Assembly in order to exonerate himself from the chit fund scam before it is too late.
The BJD legislators left for Raj Bhavan as soon as the House was adjourned when the Opposition legislators disrupted the proceedings demanding removal of former judge of Orissa High Court Justice M. M. Das from the chit fund scam inquiry Commission, and ouster of Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Sanjay Das Burma for his alleged involvement in the ponzi scam.
Speaker Niranjan Pujari adjourned the proceedings till 3 pm after the House was stalled by the legislators of the opposition Congress and the BJP for the fourth day over the chit fund controversy.
