Bhubaneswar: Accusing the Odisha Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) and several BJP leaders of being involved in illegal sand mining, Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leaders intensified their attacks on the ruling party today.

Addressing a press conference at Sankha Bhawan, BJD spokesperson Lenin Mohanty and BCJD president Ipsita Sahu claimed allegations linking BJP leaders and the CMO to sand theft have surfaced and demanded that Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi issue a clarification. They remarked such accusations against a sitting Chief Minister were “unprecedented since Independence.”

The BJD leaders further alleged discussions are underway suggesting direct links between the Chief Minister, his family members, and Himanshu Shekhar Sahu alias Liku Sahu, a legislator accused in cases of sand a

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