A day after Odisha-in-charge of Congress BK Hariprasad described the incidents witnessed after the expulsion of Congress leader Soumya Ranjan Patnaik as ‘goondgardi,’ supporters of the expelled leader on Saturday ransacked the Congress Bhavan here and broke chairs and other office valuables in protest against the suspension.
Shouting slogans against Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee president Jayadev Jena and Union Minister Srikant Jena, the protesters too burnt their effigies.
“We were on the second floor of the Congress Bhavan attending a meeting. We saw a group of people in two buses, shouting ‘Soumya Babu Zindabad’ got down near the headquarters office and barged into its premises. Then they tried to forcibly enter into the room of PCC president before breaking furniture and other valuables,” said senior leader Sameer Routray. later, Capital police rushed to the spot and managed to pacify the agitators.
Meanwhile, Soumya Ranjan clarified that the workers might have gone to the Congress Bhavan to enquire about my expulsion and the reason behind it. On the other hand, PCC president Jena denounced the attack on Congress Bhavan and said, “Congress Bhavan is like a temple of crores of Congress workers and attack on the temple is highly condemnable.”