The Sundargarh district Congress Women wing staged protest at the headquarters town on Tuesday over the incident of women being forced to take off their black scarves, stoles and shawls at the Chief Minister’s recent meeting in the district.
The BJP Women wing of Tangarpalli block also staged protest over the incident on Tuesday. Protesting the incident as a disrespect to women, Sundargarh District Congress Women wing led by president Sanjukta Oram demanded Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s apology. At the protest rally of BJP Women wing in Tangarpalli block, among others BJP Youth wing president Tankadhar Tirpathy was present. Significantly, the district BJP Women wing had protested the incident at Sundargarh on Monday.