Bhubaneswar: The row over BJP leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Odisha Legislative Assembly Jaynarayan Mishra allegedly assaulting Dhanupally police station woman IIC Anita Pradhan during a programme protesting against the “deteriorating law and order situation” in the state in Sambalpur on Wednesday intensified on Thursday.
Hundreds of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) workers launched a violent agitation in the state capital and Sambalpur today demanding the removal of Jaynarayan Mishra from the post of LoP in the Assembly for his alleged “anti-women” behaviour.
Since early morning today, BJD workers gathered at the Lower PMG in Bhubaneswar and outside the Circuit House in Sambalpur demanding his removal from the post of LoP. The protestors even staged a gherao outside the BJP leader’s house. The frenzied protestors shouted slogans like “Down with Jaynarayan,” “Jaynarayan Murdabad,” and “Remove Jaynarayan from LoP post.”
Members of the Mahila BJD Morcha, the women’s wing of the ruling party in the state, burnt an effigy of Jaynarayan outside the Sambalpur Circuit House on Thursday.
