Bhubaneswar: The State government today gave a clean chit to Tourism minister Jyoti Panigrahi who was accused of taking his personal guests to Hyderabad on government expenses.
In a statement in Odisha Assembly, Parliamentary Affairs minister Bikram Keshari Arukha said: “No government funds were used in this regard”.
Notably, On October 4, Tourism Minister Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi had visited Hyderabad to attend a roadshow organised by Odisha Tourism. But, Congress Media Cell Chairman Satya Prakash Nayak yesterday, at a press conference, claimed that Panigrahi had made arrangements for two female guests on government expenses.
However, the Parliamentary Affairs minister today clarified that no expenditures for other persons who accompanied Panigrahi were made from the government exchequer.
Prasanta Patnaik