Bhubaneswar, March 15 -- Balasore: Amid the allegations of massive corruption in the State during the COVID-19 pandemic, the ruling-BJD MLA from Remuna Sudhanshu Sekhar Parida has been accused of swindling subsidy amount meant for the purchase of farm equipment.

A complaint has been filed before Odisha Lokayukta against the Remuna MLA. The complainant Tanmaya Mohanty alleged that Nigamananda Associates, the unit which sells farm equipment and owned by the MLA, swindled the subsidy money.

It is alleged that by trapping poor non-farmers and SC/ST beneficiaries, the unit embezzled the Rs 6 lakh subsidy amount government is providing to each beneficiary for the purchase of paddy harvesters which costs around Rs 24 lakh each.

The complainan...