Minister of State Srikant Jena says he is determined to get to the bottom of illegal mining activity for which he accuses Odisha CM Navin Patnaik. Jena spoke exclusively to NewsX to sharpen his attack. On Monday, Jena had gone public with claims that the Odisha CM has allowed mining companies to exploit areas outside their legal zones thereby making huge, unaccounted profits. He claimed that Patnaik colluded with mining barons and caused a loss of 4 lakh crores to the state exchequer. The allegations come on the back of evidence that Jena has showing that 27 mining companies being sent notices facing a fine of 58,000 crores.

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