450 helipads for Naveen aide underneath scanner | India Information

BHUBANESWAR: Days after Odisha commerce and transport minister Bibhuti Bhusan Jena referred to as for a radical probe into V Okay Pandian’s helicopter rides, state legislation minister Prithiviraj Harichandan on Sunday stated the government will examine how 450 helipads had been constructed to land the chopper carrying the bureaucrat-turned-politician.
Pandian, an in depth aide of former chief minister Naveen Patnaik, took helicopter rides between Feb and Sept final 12 months throughout BJD govt to work together with the general public and collect suggestions.
“We are going to examine who coated the price of the helicopter rides. Readability have to be supplied on this matter. It wants a radical probe. On the govt stage, helipads had been constructed wherever the helicopter landed, and govt funds had been used. He (Pandian) visited 400-450 locations. It isn’t clear who approved this and the way the authorization was issued. A division secretary doesn’t have the authority to make use of helicopters. How, then, was permission granted?” requested Harichandan. Pandian was the 5T secretary on the time.
Harichandan, additionally the works minister, added that BJP govt will embody all the pieces within the investigation. “After the investigation is full, we are going to think about the suitable punishment,” he informed reporters.
Odisha Soochana Adhikar Abhijan, a bunch of RTI activists, staged an indication on July 24, alleging misuse of helicopters and chartered flights by Pandian, who took voluntary retirement from IAS in October and joined BJD the next month. He campaigned extensively for the get together in Lok Sabha and meeting elections.
In response to the ministers’ requires an investigation into the helicopter rides, BJD functionary Sambit Routray stated, “BJP and Congress functionaries ought to concentrate on whether or not there was growth throughout the state. Why are they involved with who rode what?”
Pandian took helicopter rides between Feb and Sept final 12 months, when BJD was in workplace, to work together with the general public. ‘We are going to probe who coated the price of the rides,’ Odisha minister Harichandan stated.