Helmetless driving has proved costly for 25 Biju Yuva Janata Dal (BYJD) members as they had to pay Rs 1,000 each for violating the new Motor Vehicles Act.
Notably, the BYJD members had held a bike rally in the city on the 23rd foundation day of the BJD on December 26.
The BYJD activists took out the rally from Station Square to the party office, where they welcomed party president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
But many onlookers were quick to notice the traffic rule violation and took to Twitter to question whether the Commissionerate police would initiate any action against the violators.
Following the public reaction on Twitter, the Commissionerate police on December 28 had assured of actions against the violators after scrutiny of video footages. “This being a problem in all political rallies in the country, we’ve to devise ways for dealing with it in future,” the Commissionerate police had added.