BJD government protecting land-grabbers: BJP

Accusing the BJD regime in Odisha of shielding land-grabbers including bureaucrats and ruling party leaders, the BJP on Sunday claimed that though illegal acquisition of government land worth over Rs 4,000 crore during 2009-15 was detected, no action was taken.

"The government has directed so-called <g data-gr-id="8">godmen</g> and <g data-gr-id="9">babas</g> to vacate <g data-gr-id="10">illegally-acquired</g> <g data-gr-id="12">land</g> but officers and BJD leaders involved in illegally acquiring thousands of acres of land are being shielded and spared," senior BJP leader Bijay Mohapatra said at a press conference here.

It was surprising that the Chief Minister was a silent spectator to large-scale illegal land-grabbing allegedly involving officers and ruling BJD leaders, he alleged.