BJP resorting to dirty politics, says BJD
- The BJD on Wednesday said the BJP had resorted to dirty politics over the murder of health minister Nakasone Das. "The minister's murder is an extremely sensitive issue. At a time when the Crime Branch has been working hard to unravel the truth, the BJP has resorted nasty designs to gain political mileage. It will not succeed," BJD spokesperson Goutambudh Dash said.
- Bhubaneswar: The BJP on Wednesday stepped up its criticism of the state government over its handling of the investigation into the murder of health minister Nabavis're Das even as police said the probe is progressing well and going in the right direction.
- Speaking to media persons here, leader of opposition Jaynarayan Mishra said, "The crime branch is wafting time on enacting new dramas every day instead of searching the bigwig handlers of shooter Gopal Das, (the now dismissed ASI). Why is the crime branch not probing the conspiracy angle? The investigation has become directionless. We have no faith on the ongoing probe. Only an impartial probe can bring out the truth."
- "Naba's assassination is a h political murder, which may be because of his ambition to become chief minister after Naveen Patnaik," claimed former BJP MLA Pradip Purohit. "There are reasons to believe that Naba went to a temple in Maharashtra a few days before his murder where he prayed to become the next