Bhubaneswar, Jan. 6 -- Odisha government on Thursday announced the expenditure on construction of Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium in Rourkela which happens to be one of the venues for the forthcoming Hockey World Cup starting January 13. However, the mismatch in the expenditure announced by the State government has baffled the BJP. Opposition BJP has demanded that the State government should come up with a clear picture in this regard.

While inaugurating the stadium on Thursday, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had announced that the 'biggest stadium' of the world has been constructed within record 15 months with an expenditure of Rs 261 crore.

However earlier on November 24, replying to a question from BJP MLA Kusum Tete, Sports ...