Six members of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), the BJP’s youth wing, were arrested after they reportedly threw eggs and displayed black flags at Minister Rita Sahu in Padampur subdivision of Bargarh district on Wednesday.
The Minister was on her way to attend a few school programmes in Paikamal when the attack was launched on her convoy.
As per reports, Minister Sahu had gone as chief guest to attend five transformations in the third phase at the Jamuna Kandhuni High School and was going to the Nrusinghanath SSD High School when she was shown black flags by BJP youths at Tehsil Chhak. The agitators also threw eggs at her vehicle while shouting slogans ‘Go back’ at her.
Even as police immediately beefed up security for the Minister, they later arrested six persons for their alleged involvement in the incident.