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BJD slams BJP over induction of chit fund scam accused

The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Sunday said the induction of former party MLA Pravat Ranjan Biswal into the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would have no bearing on its organisational strength, while accusing the saffron party of compromising its moral stand by admitting a leader facing trial in the Seashore chit fund scam.

KTR alleges land scam by Cong in Telangana

However, Industry Minister D Sridhar Babu denied the allegation. He said the government’s decision to levy an impact fee for the conversion of industrial land, which Rao suggested was a scam, was nothing but “malicious propaganda.”