Odisha's former ruling party Biju Janata Dal has denied any involvement of the then BJD government or its party in the adani Group bribery case. The party has issued a clarification regarding this. Biju Janata Dal has said that the allegations of state government officials taking bribe from adani Group for supplying renewable energy to the state from the central pool are false and baseless. Biju Janata Dal has been in power in odisha from the year 2000 to june 2024.
odisha government has nothing to do with this agreement - Biju Janata Dal
Former Energy minister of odisha and BJD mla Pratap Keshari Dev issued a press release on behalf of the party saying that the allegations leveled in the name of odisha are baseless and not based on facts. The odisha government has nothing to do with this agreement. The power purchase agreements that were signed were between the central government venture Solar Energy Corporation of india Limited (SECI) as well as the state government PSU Gridco and the distribution company. The state government had no role in all these matters, although the state administration was informed about the Power Sale Agreement (PSA).
Power purchase agreement between two government entities
The BJD has also said that the agreement between the two government entities was between SECI and the state PSU. The agreement to purchase 500 MW of renewable energy was made due to the lower rate of SECI and there was no involvement of any private party in this, be it adani Group or anyone else.
adani Group accused of paying $265 million bribe
The US Securities and Exchange Board, which comes under the US Justice Department, has accused the adani Group of paying a bribe of $265 million to secure power deals in India. The names of the states in india where the adani Group is accused of paying bribes also come up, namely andhra pradesh, odisha, tamil Nadu and Chhattisgarh. Yesterday, the former government of andhra pradesh and former cm Jagan mohan reddy were also accused of taking bribes in power deals.
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