Launching a scathing attack on the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Niranjan Patnaik on Thursday said many leaders and workers of the ruling party have been found to be directly involved in several serious crimes.
At a Press meet here, Patnaik said heinous crimes like murder and rape are on the rise in the State at an alarming rate and BJD leaders and workers are found to be directly involved in several of the cases.
Citing an example, the PCC Chief said that two Congress workers, including Nuagaon Sarpanch’s husband Bhagawan Swain and his associate Aditya Ranasingha were brutally killed at Khajuripada village in Banki on February 15.
He alleged some BJD workers killed both the Congress members at the behest of some of the ruling party leaders due to political vendetta. Patnaik demanded a Crime Branch probe into the Banki double murder that occurred a few days ago and immediate arrest of all the culprits involved.
“Some of the ruling party leaders are misusing their power by hatching such conspiracies in their own interest. They should be unmasked and punished so that they would not repeat the same in future,” the OPPC president added.
