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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.

BJP’s OBC Morcha to mark ‘Mukti Diwas’ on August 31

In 1952, the then-government freed the De-notified, Nomadic, and Semi-Nomadic communities from the oppressive Criminal Tribes Act imposed by the British, he said in a virtual meeting with the Morcha workers, adding that to commemorate this historic moment, August 31 is observed every year as 'Mukti Diwas'.