The Kendrapada Town unit of the BJD led by its president Srikant Panda on Monday burnt the effigies of Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti and Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh here in protest against rejection of Odisha’s demand for stopping of barrage works upstream Mahanadi. A large number of ruling party activists came in a rally and burnt the effigies at the Old Bus Stand,
“The tripartite meeting failed as Chhattisgarh Minister remained adamant on his stance. Union Minister Uma Bharti also did not ask him to stop construction works of barrages as demanded by our Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik,” alleged the activists.