BJD calls Dharmendra's claims on bauxite allocation under Naveen govt misleading, motivated

Bhubaneswar, Oct 2 (UNI) The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Friday alleged that former union Minister and Sambalpur MP Dharmendra Pradhan's remarks on bauxite allocation during the previous Naveen Patnaik government were misleading and politically motivated. Addressing a press conference at the BJD headquarters here, MLA and senior media coordinator Gautam Buddha Das and media coordinator Lenin Mohanty said the Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) had cancelled the 2004 and 2009 joint venture agreements with the private company in September 2015 following amendments to the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act. They said the Orissa High Court, in its October…