Infighting in the BJD over lobbying for ticket to contest elections hit the street on Wednesday soon after the end of the party’s Yuva Samavesh here. Due to a clash between two groups of the party in the evening, eight persons were injured.
Sources said a group of supporters of Biju Yuva Janata Dal (BYJD) president and Brahmagiri MlA Sanjay Dasburma attacked supporters of Debendra Tarai, who is reportedly lobbying for party ticket to contest in place of Dasburma.
The issue came to light when Kailash Sundara, a supporter of Tarai, lodged a complaint with the Kharvel Nagar police against eight supporters of Dasburma. While they were returning from the Samavesh, the scuffle took place near the rally venue at around 5.45 pm. The clash that took arose after an altercation of the supporters of both the groups over the ticket lobby, said sources. The police registered a case against the eight persons under Sections 341, 323, 294, 427, 506, 34 of the IPC, official sources said.