OPCC to file PIL seeking extension of CBI probe to all 30 districts

By Debadas Pradhan / www.indusvalleytimes.com

Bhubaneswar, May 25: The Orissa Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) on Wednesday said it would file a public interest litigation (PIL) in the Supreme Court appealing extension of the ongoing CBI probe to all the 30 districts in the state.

Addressing media persons here, OPCC working president Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra said that the misuse of the public money was not limited in six districts where the CBI probe is going on now.

“We are now collecting information from rest of the districts and after getting the facts and figure it will be produced before the apex court,” informed Mr Mohapatra.

“After getting reports from all the remaining 24 districts, we will produce them before the Supreme Court” informed Mr Mohapatra.

Criticising the recent government circular to all the district authorities allowing them to use machines Mr Mohapatra described it as a strange decision and said that it was a clear instance of government’s inability to follow MGNREGA guidelines properly.

He also alleged that the sarapanchs, panchyat samiti presidents and Zilla Parisad presidents were not even consulted while implementing the plan in their locality.

“As per the guidelines, 50 per cent of the total allocation should be utilized by the respective Panchyats but in course of our investigation it is found that the amount was spent by Panchyat samitis,” informed Mr Mohapatra adding that all these illegal data will be placed before the apex court for strengthening our part.

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