Puri, Nov 24 (UNI) Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) and congress activists hurled eggs on Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s carcade and staged black flags at various places during his visit to this pilgrim city
to lay foundation stone of Parikarama project of Sri Jagannath temple
BJP Yuva Morcha activists led by its Puri district president Jayant Das hurled eggs at chief
minister’s car near Hospital square while Mr.Patnaik was returning to helipad at reserve police
grounds after performing the shilanyas of Parikrama project.
In another incident congress activists targetted and hurled eggs at state forest and environment
and parliamentary affairs minister Bikram Arukh’s car at Malatipatpur along the NH 316 when he
was on his way to attend the shilanyas function of the parikrama project Puri.
This apart town youth congress president Alok Das, Asutosh Mishra and Chhabindra Pratihari
who have been continuing 24 hour dharana of Basti dwellers deprived of getting land Pattas in front
of collectors office, suddenly marched towards Srimandir to hand over their demands.The agitators breached the barricades but police stopped them.
Kumbharpara police rounded up BJP district youth wing chief Jayant Das along with 15 others
Police also detained ten congress activists in Sadar police station for hurling eggs on minister
Bikram Arukh’s car.
The BJP activists in protest against the detention of party activists staged dharana in front of Kumbharpara police station demanding immediate release of Jayant Das.
Notwithstanding the heavy deployment of police forces in the town,the BJP activists were able
to break the police cordon to wave black flags and hurl eggs at the CM’s carcade.
Meanwhile, BJP Yuva Morcha President Irasisih Acharya said the party activists will show black
flags and hurl eggs at the Chief Minister and other ministers wherever they go till the minister of
state for Home Dibuya Shankar Mishra is dismissed from the cabinet.
The opposition BJP and the Congress have been staging demonstrations over a month
demanding the resignation of Mr.Mishra for what they alleged his involvement in the brutal
murder of school teacher Mamita Mehre on October 8 last.
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