The Congress president's remark followed repeated allegations of central negligence by Patnaik in almost all election meetings of BJD he has been addressing in the state. Referring to Patnaik's remark that Congress was an ‘ocean of corruption', Gandhi read out a list of scandals in the state.
“There have been corruption in the implementation of MGNREGA, mid-day meal, mining scam and chit fund scam.” “The Supreme Court of India monitored the irregularity in job scheme while you (people) know better how these people (BJD Govt) managed the mid-day meal scheme,” Gandhi said and also mentioned the CAG report on the foodgrain quota for BPL families.
The UPA government has provided thousands of crores of rupees to Odisha through various schemes but the BJD government had failed to properly utilise the central funds, she alleged.
Odisha government did not take proper action when lakhs of depositors were duped by ponzi scheme companies,she alleged adding it was sad that people were denied of their benefits due to the state government's attitude.
