Bhubaneswar, Sep 25: Opposition Chief Whip Mohan Majhi on Monday ridiculed the Chief Minister's clarification that he had sent the CMO to people to listen to their grievances.
Majhi wanted that the Chief Minister clarify who beteen the elected representaive and the CMO is of the higher status. "People of Odisha would have felt contended if the Chief Minister had sent Ministers, MPs and MLAs to them to liten to their greivances. They would have been happy thinking that the leaders whom they had elected visited them," said Majhi.
The BJP leader wanted to know why the Chief Minister is not going to the people himself.
"Did he fear people? Did he lost faith on Cabinet Ministers?," asked Majhi.
He too wanted to know if a person can be the CMO (Chief Minister's Office). How can a private secretary be the CMO, he asked further.
"Why the private secretary will go to the peole alone while the CMO has several other officers," he asked again.
Alleging that there have been huge corruption occurred in 5T school, he wanted to if the corruption has not occurred in the knowlege of the CMO official.
"Whopping Rs 500 crore has been spent towards chopper use by the CMO. The CMO has not only gone on personal work but also attended marriage feasts using chopper at Government cost," he said.
He said the private secretary of the Chief Minister had gone by the Government chopper to attend a feast arranged by Pallahada in Angul district on May 14, 2023. Similarly, the government chopper has been used for family work of a BJD MLA on June 28, 2023. "The Chief Minister should make clarifications in these regards," demanded Majhi.
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