The BJP Krushak Morcha held a protest meeting here on Thursday over the allegations of providing poisonous vaccines to cattle that have cropped up in the State.
The morcha alleged that there has been a misappropriation of crores of rupees of public funds in the name prevention of diseases of cattle.
Morcha activists said, “Due to the poisonous injections, the cattle are dying, by which we have to go through a huge loss.”
Agriculture and Farmers' Empowerment Minister Dr Damodara Rout’s “misleading statements” on the issue were strongly crtiticised by the morcha activists.
The activists burnt the effigies of Rout and Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water Minister Pradeep Maharathy and demanded action against them.