Bhubaneswar, April 30: It?s raining resignations in Orissa.

Acting under pressure, three ministers have put in their papers in just over a month and the trend could continue as another leader has come under the scanner.

First it was water resources minister Rabi Narayan Nanda, who resigned last month after he was allegedly caught offering bribe to an Opposition member.

Then it was the turn of Kalindi Behera, the excise minister, to put in his papers a few days ago in the wake of the recent Ganjam hooch tragedy.

The ?hattrick? was completed when labour and employment minister Pradipta Nayak resigned from the cabinet yesterday after a case was lodged against him over the filing of ?incorrect? information in the affidavit for the 2004 Assembly polls.

Now, BJD leader and works minister A.U. Singhdeo finds himself in the line of fire as he, too, has been accused of filing false information in the poll affidavit for the 2004 elections. He contested the polls from Bolangir constituency.

Deputy leader of Opposition Narasingha Mishra told The Telegraph from Bolangir that he would draw the poll panel?s attention to Singhdeo?s affidavit, which he claimed to be incorrect.

The Congress leader alleged that the works minister had not mentioned a particular property while filing the affidavit on March 26, 2004. After the polls, Singhdeo had filed an affidavit in the high court in connection with a writ petition where he admitted that the land was his property, Mishra contended. ?So, it can be established from the comparison of the two affidavits that Singhdeo had concealed facts before the poll panel,? said Mishra, demanding the minister?s resignation.

Singhdeo, on the other hand, dismissed the allegations as ?baseless and politically motivated?.

While former chief minister J.B. Patnaik hoped for an end to the NDA government, others in his party did not share his optimism. ?He (Naveen) is as stable as ever,? said an Opposition leader.

Political analyst Rabi Das said there was little danger to the government. ?Naveen has shown that his rhetoric of transparency is no empty talk,? he held.