The Pioneer 09.12.2010
Ministers, MPs, ex-MPs encroach Govt landPNS | Bhubaneswar
A former CM, MPs, former MPs, Ministers, ex-Ministers, former MPs, MLAs ex-MLA, Judges, journalists, and administrators have illegally encroached Government land in the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation(BMC) area.
Steps will be taken as per the Odisha Public Premises Eviction of Unauthorised Occupation Act 1972 to free the land, said Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in reply to a question of MLA Ananta Das in the Assembly on Tuesday.
Naveen also said that the unauthorised occupants include former CM Hemananda Biswal, MP Prasanna Patsani, Minister Damodar Rout, former Ministers Ramakrishna Patnaik, Bhupal Chandra Mohapatra, Jadunath Dash Mohapatra, Debendra Nath Mansingh, Bijay Mohapatra, Habibulla Khan, Jaganath Mallick.
Similarly, the names of MLA Kalindi Behera and former Speaker Chintamani Dyansamantaray figure in the list. Among former MLAs, Harihar Karan, Sitakanta Mohapatra, Kangali Panda, Bal Gopal Mishra and Rajkishore Ram are also in the list. Former MPs Birabhadra Singh and late MP Santosh Kumar Sahoo are enchroaching Government land.
