Bhubaneswar: Bharatiya Janata Party State General Secretary Lekhashree Samantsinghar on Friday asked the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) to come clear over the ‘secrets’ Arun Sahoo held which has made Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik shield the minister from the accusations the latter was facing in the Pari murder case.
“Why Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is afraid of Arun Sahoo? Does he (Sahoo) know any secret about ‘Third Floor’ that has the potential to put Patnaik in trouble?” she asked apparently indicating the power corridors of the state that has often been touted to run a de facto government in the State.
Earlier during the day, Lekhashree, along with the BJP Mahila Morcha workers, tried to gherao the residence of Sahoo, the Higher Education Minister of Odisha, in Bhubaneswar demanding an investigation by the CBI into the kidnapping of five-year-old Nayagarh girl Pari. She also demanded the immediate removal of Sahu from his ministerial position in the interest of a fair probe…