Alleging that huge amount of money and liquor bottles were still kept in the farmhouse of arrested BJD Pipili Assembly candidate Pradeep Maharathy, the BJP on Monday demanded that the State Chief Electoral Officer take required steps to seize them and ensure a free and fair poll in the constituency.
BJP State vice-president Sameer Mohanty criticised BJD supremo and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for fielding Maharathy in the polls. “While Patnaik has always claimed to have a clean political image, how he fielded a criminal mentality person like Maharathy and many chit fund accused in the election,” wanted to know Mohanty.
Notably, Maharathy has been arrested on the charge of attacking a Magistrate Rabi Narayan Patra during a raid on his farmhouse late on Sunday night.
