The chief minister must honour the findings of the high court and step down at the earliest not only on moral, but on legal ground also, Bijoy Mohapatra said.
The BJP today demanded the resignation of Orissa chief minister Naveen Patnaik claiming that he had lost all right to remain in office in view of the Orissa high court's observation that the state government had adopted a mineral policy to suit favoured parties.
In view of the court's observation Patnaik had lost the right to continue in office as it also validated the allegation of BJP and others that the BJD government showed undue favour to certain companies, senior BJP leader Bijoy Mohapatra told reporters here.
Alleging that observation demonstrated that the Mineral Policy of the state was a total mess, he said, "now the chief minister and his entire cabinet are in a dock as the state's mineral policy was their product, he said.
Mohapatra and BJP legislature party leader KV Singhdeo said the chief minister had always been stating that the law would take its own course. "Now that the court order is out, Patnaik should step down showing due respect to the august constitutional body."
Accusing the state government of not following any uniform and consistent policy, Mohapatra said in order to favour certain companies it had been taking different stands for different parties at different points of time.
The chief minister must honour the findings of the high court and step down at the earliest not only on moral, but on legal ground also, he said.
In a major setback to the proposed Rs 51,000 crore Posco steel project in Paradip, the Orissa high court had on July 14 set aside the state governments recommendation for PL for the Khandadhar iron ore reserve in favour of it.
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