Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Jayadev Jena on Friday alleged that the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) is trying to bag the urban local body (UlB) votes in its favour forcibly all over the State. Citing the Thursday incident of firing on the son of a woman Congress councillor candidate at Puri, Jena said the BJD is after always after getting votes at gunpoint.
He further alleged that the BJD is misusing the Government machinery and terrorising Congress workers in Puri, Chikiti, Jajpur and many other places in the State. “A fact-finding team has been formed to investigate the Puri firing incident,” said Jena.