n Members of the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), the student wing of the Congress party, hurled tomatoes at the residence of Minister of State for Home Dibya Shankar Mishra here on Wednesday.
Several NSUI members holding party flags marched towards Mishra’s residence and hurled tomatoes demanding his resignation over the issue of the Puri gangrape incident. They also warned to hurl eggs at Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and demanded his resignation too.
“Dibya Shankar Mishra has neither spoken over the matter nor met the relatives of the Puri victim. Only party programmes are important to him. We demand resignation of Mishra and the Chief Minister. The agitation will continue till fulfilment of our demands,” said NSUI leader Rajeeb Pattanaik.
Police took about 20 agitating NSUI members into preventive custody.