Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee (PMCC) members on Tuesday took out a massive rally, under the leadership of State president Bijayalaxmi Sahoo, demanding resignation of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and CBI probe into the murder of Itishree Pradhan.
More than 1,000 Mahila Congress workers from the nook and cranny of the State took part in the rally that began from the Congress Bhawan and culminated at the lower PMG here.
Addressing the party rank-and-file, PCC president Jayadev Jena demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik as Itishree named him in her dying declaration, saying that the Chief Minister along with the administration is responsible for her tragedy. “So under Section 32 of the Evidence Act, the Chief Minister should be charge sheeted,” Jena said.
The rally was stopped on the Mahatma Gandhi Road by the police after it passed through Rajmahal Square and the Secretariat, where the Mahila Congress leaders including Jayashree Pattnaik, Debasmita Samal, Trishna Ray, Abhinna Hota, former Pipli MlA Kedar Samantray courted arrest.