The BJP on Tuesday said it would hold protest meetings at around 500 places across the State on Wednesday in protest against the BJD’s attack on the convoy of two Union Ministers, Santosh Gangwar and Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, during the BJP Vikash Utsav at Bargarh recently.
“With the attack on the two Union Ministers, the image of Odisha, which believes in Atithi Debo Bhav, has been stained. The party will hold protest meetings demanding action against the culprits. About two lakh workers of the party will participated in protest meetings at about 500 places,” said BJP vice-president Sameer Mohanty in a statement.
While State president Basant Panda will join the protest meeting at Balipatna under Jaydeve Assembly constituency, Bishwabhushan Harichandan at Jagatsinghpur, Manmohan Samal at Bhadrak, Pratap Sarangi at Nilgiri, MlA Pradeep Purohit at Padmapur, Dr Bibhuti Bhushan Harichandan at Chilika, Sameer Mohanty at Nimapada, Nayan Mohanty at Cuttack, Prithviraj Harichandan at Khordha, Dr Jatin Mohanty at Bolagarh, Dhiren Senapati at Rourkela, Simantini Jena at Badachana, Shovna Mohanty at Baleswar, lekhashree Samantasinghar at Ranpur, Sisir Gamang at Kandhamal, Sajjan Sharma at Gop and Golak Mohapata will lead the protest meeting at Brahmapur.