cuttack a day after baliyatra concluded former mla and bjd leader prabhat tripathy on friday alleges massive financial irregularities in conduct of baliyatra in cuttack demanded a special audit in to it by the government tripathy addressed a press conference in cuttack on friday and said baliyatra is a state festivalconferred by the state government in 2019 but the way its been conducted by the district administration this year was completely autocratic baliyatra is an age old tradition of the maritime trade with several east asia countries by the odia sadhavas which was not replicated properlythe administration has undermine the 1000 year old tradition politics in patha utsav staging of obscene songs have erected controversy due to irresponsible management by the district administration added tripathy he said the district administration should disclose the income and expenditure of the event everyone has the right to know how much money has been spent and demanded a special audit of the expenditure and revenue collection this year by the government bjd leader prabhat tripathy who is also the the general secretary of mahanagar puja committee alleging irregularities in the conduct of the balijatra by the district authorities tripathy demanded that the state government should take the responsibility of managing the balijatra cuttack collector bhabani shankar chayani said baliyatra was organised successfully no complaint was received for financial irregularities will take action accordlingly once we get anychayani said will welcome any audit and as we have all the records are with us