Cong workers ransack party office

Bhubaneswar/Jharsuguda: Congress supporters allegedly resorted to violence in Bhubaneswar, Jharsuguda and Nilgiri on Saturday following denial of tickets to their favourite leaders. A group of people barged into Congress Bhawan here in the evening and ransacked it in protest against the candidature of Rasmirekha Mohapatra, who has been fielded by the party from the Ekamra-Bhubaneswar assembly seat.
Two groups of Congress workers reportedly clashed over the announcement of Manoj Manjari Devi as candidate for the Nilgiri assembly constituency under the Balasore LS seat.

Members of the Jharsuguda Congress unit locked up the party office on Saturday morning following denial of ticket to Birendra Pandey. They staged a protest in front of the party office after his name was not found on the list of candidates announced by All India Congress Committee on Friday night.

“We had met AICC secretary Mastan Ali and told him to give ticket to a candidate who belongs to the Jharsuguda constituency. But the party announced the name of Mahendra Nayak, who never comes to the Congress office,” said Ashok Mishra, youth Congress leader. tnn