Opposition activists lock up Odisha WCD minister in govt bungalow during Kuchinda bandh
The Hindu
"We picked up the protestors to maintain the law and order situation.”
Opposition Congress and BJP workers gheraoed Odisha Women and Child Development Minister and kept her confined for hours in a government bungalow at Kuchinda township here on Wednesday during a 12-hour shutdown by the two parties against the attack on their workers by alleged ruling BJD activists during a visit by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
Ms. Sahu was in Kuchinda to distribute smart health cards under Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana, which was launched in the district by Mr. Patnaik on Tuesday.
The opposition parties workers rushed to the bungalow when the minister was chairing a meeting of officers there before attending a programme to distribute smart health cards and locked the main gate forcing her to be confined there, the police said.