Protesting State Planning Board Vice-Chairman Bishnu Charan Das’ political speech at the just concluded Zilla Mohatsav meeting, the Tirtol block Congress unit staged a demonstration and later burnt effigy of Das at Tirtol on Saturday.
Block Congress president Askhay Das accompanied by hundreds of party followers fumed against Das for using Zilla Mohatsav as a platform for BJD’s propaganda. Besides they criticized District Council of Culture’s role for not being able to keep the fest neutral.
Moreover, in a similar type protest BJP Krushak Mancha supporters burnt Minister Damodar Rout’s effigy at the Nehru Padia ground near Tirtol protesting Rout’s anti-farmer remarks.