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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | BJP blames Naveen for NREGS scam by Debabrata Mohanty

BJP blames Naveen for NREGS scam by Debabrata Mohanty

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published Published on Apr 15, 2011   modified Modified on Apr 15, 2011
The Opposition BJP on Tuesday held Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik responsible for the NREGS scam in Orissa, which would now be investigated by the CBI following a direction by the Supreme Court.

“The Chief Minister is the head of the state council which monitors and supervises execution of work under MGNREGA. So he cannot escape responsibilities. What is really shameful is that the Supreme Court singled out Orissa for the CBI probe for the maximum cases of corruption in th NREGS scheme. The ordering of the CBI probe has meant the apex court was convinced about the corrupt practices of Naveen government,” said BJP national executive leader and former minister Bijay Mahapatra.

Though the New Delhi-based NGO, CEFS, in May and June 2007 had exposed the NREGS corruption in six KBK(Kalahandi-Bolangir-Koraput) districts, Mahapatra demanded that CBI should investigate the irregaularities in all the 30 districts. “The CAG report of 2008-09 said Rs 55 lakh earmarked for a particular NREGS work was used for beautification of the garden of the then district collector. The CAG report said due to abysmal failure of NREGS in Nuapara, rural migration was abnormally high by 483 per cent in the district while the state average was 116 per cent,” Mahapatra said.

Naveen, who returned from Delhi on Tuesday, refused to comment on the CBI probe, saying the government was waiting for the notification for the probe.

Mahapatra said this is the first time in Naveen’s 11 years of rule that a CBI probe has been ordered.


The Indian Express, 13 April, 2011, http://www.indianexpress.com/news/BJP-blames-Naveen-for-NREGS-scam/775319/


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