The Student Congress on Tuesday held a bike rally in the capital city protesting the murder of two political leaders at Mahanga in Cuttack district on Saturday.
The agitators demanded the resignation of Law Minister and Mahanga MLA Pratap Jena, alleging his role in the crime. The Student Congrees members took out the bike rally from the Congress Bhawan to Jena’s official residence at Forest Park shouting slogans against the Minister.
However, they were prevented mid-way by the police near Sishu Bhawan square following which they burnt Jena’s effigy and staged a demonstration demanding his ouster from the State Cabinet. “We staged a demonstration today and tried to gherao the residence of Law Minister Pratap Jena for his invovement in the brutal political murders in his constituency. If he tries to influence in the investigation we will intensify our protest and take it to every panchayat across the State.
The Minister will be greeted with eggs wherever he goes now,” said a Student Congress leader.Meanwhile, four platoons of forces at the Sishu Bhawan square and made elaborate security arrangements outside the residence of the Minister.