Odisha CM escapes ‘egg attack’ by BJP youth wing
The Hindu
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Eggs were hurled at Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik by members of the youth wing of the BJP while he was on his way to a helipad after a function at the Jagannath Temple in Puri on Wednesday.
The BJP wing had issued the threat of egg attack in advance, but Mr. Patnaik’s convoy could not be targeted. The CM landed near the venue, cordoned off by a thick security blanket, which denied protesters the opportunity to target him.
Mr. Patnaik, more than a dozen of his Ministerial colleagues and Union Minister Bishweswar Tudu have faced “egg attacks” from their political adversaries in the past one month.
Leaders and legislators hailing from Ballari, which is part of the Kalyana Karnataka region, seem to be a source of much political upheaval in Karnataka, going by recent history. This has been the case since the time illegal mining hit national and international headlines in the 2000s and the place gained reputation as “Republic of Ballari”.
The former BJP MLA of Udupi K. Raghupathi Bhat claimed on Saturday that he contesting the Legislative Council elections from South West Graduates’ Constituency as rebel candidate made the saffron party field its party leader C. T. Ravi in the biennial elections to the Legislative Council from the Legislative Assembly.