The State Youth Congress has demanded that stringent action be taken against those who attacked the Congress Yuvakranti Rath, engaged in creating awareness against alleged Rafale scam, here recently. Addressing a Press conference here, party activists said BJP workers attacked the Rath and, thus, police should arrest them immediately. While the Rath was passing Khordha, BJP workers, who were going to attend Prime Minister’s rally on December 24, attacked its driver brutally and damaged the Rath.
It his learned that driver H Debenna, a resident of Karnataka, has filed a complaint the Khordha Industrial Estate police outpost in this regard. The party leaders also demanded that BJP State president Basant Panda and Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan give a clarification as to why their party workers attacked the Rath. They warned that the Congress would take to the streets across the State if no action is taken against the errant.
Pradesh Congress Committee spokesperson and Youth Congress Khordha prabhari Amit Mohanty, PCC general secretary Niranjan Nayak and Congress Khordha Assembly constituency president Praban Patnaik were present, among others.