By Express News Service
BERHAMPUR: Expelled BJD chief and Gopalpur MLA Pradeep Panigrahy on Thursday pleaded the State authorities to not implicate him in false circumstances and stated he is able to go away Odisha. Panigrahy made the plea whereas being produced in a neighborhood courtroom right here on Thursday. Amid tight safety, the MLA together with tainted IFS officer Abhaykant Pathak and his son Akash was produced within the SDJM courtroom in reference to the circumstances lodged in opposition to them for dishonest gullible youths by assuring them jobs in Tata Motors.
Before leaving the courtroom premises, Panigrahy alleged that false circumstances have been registered in opposition to him. “I was in active politics since last two decades and served the people of Gopalpur. Now when the second wave of Covid-19 is spreading fast, I am unable to meet my people,” he stated.
In jail since greater than final 4 months, the MLA stated fraud circumstances have been slapped in opposition to him in phases however not directly. “If I committed the crime, why did police register cases against me over a period of time. Our democracy is in danger. When a legislator is put in jail without any concrete evidence, what about the general public?” he stated. Panigrahy additional stated, he’s fed up with the injustice and wish to stay peacefully exterior Odisha.
