Patnaik forms fact-finding team to probe 'detention' of Odisha panchayat members in Chhattisgarh
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Patnaik forms fact-finding team to probe 'detention' of Odisha panchayat members in Chhattisgarh

Hindustan Times  

Bhubaneswar, BJD president Naveen Patnaik on Saturday formed a fact-finding team of the opposition party to probe the alleged detention of some panchayat members from Odisha and the son of a former cabinet minister in neighbouring Chhattisgarh. Patnaik forms fact-finding team to probe 'detention' of Odisha panchayat members in Chhattisgarh Patnaik formed the fact-finding team of the BJD a day after writing a letter to Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai asking him to ensure the immediate release of Vishal Das, son of former Odisha minister Naba Kishore Das, and several panchayat representatives who were allegedly detained by police in the neighbouring state. At a press conference, Dipali came down heavily on the BJP government and accused it of violating democratic norms and using Chhattisgarh Police to detain the BJD's 12 panchayat members hailing from Jharsuguda district in order to prevent a no-confidence motion against the Kirimira block president. Vishal Das, along with sarpanches and panchayat samiti members from Kirmira block, were kept at Sareipali police station in Mahasamund district of Chhattisgarh and later released after Patnaik wrote a letter to Sai.

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