'Govt-chit fund cos nexus exposed'

  |   03 November, 2014   |   957   |   3980

BHUBANESWAR: Opposition Congress and BJP on Saturday said Banki MLA Pravat Tripathy's arrest by CBI exposed the BJD government's active collusion in the chit fund scam.



Addressing the media here, the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Jayadev Jena said it is becoming clear that the government had handed over cooperative movement in the state to dubious chit fund companies.



"AT Group boss Pradeep Sethy got best cooperator award when Tripathy was president of the state cooperative union. He was also government chief whip. This is not possible without approval from the highest level in the government," said Jena.