BARIPADA: Members of Congress,
Bajarang Dal and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) staged protest demonstration
during the visit of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to lay foundation stones and
to inaugurate various welfare projects in the tribal dominated Mayurbhanj
district on Monday.
The JMM workers led by its
district president BC Hansda staged black flag demonstrations at different places
of the town. Some of the party members were arrested near Banthia Jagannath temple
during protest demonstrations. The members also protested the Chief Minister
while inaugurating the new tehsil office building and police station at Jamda
block. Similarly, the Congress and Bajrang Sena activists also organised separate
rallies protesting the visit of Patnaik to the district.
About 200 activists were arrested
here and sixty were arrested at Jamda in connection with the protest demonstrations.
Patnaik attended six different programmes on the day and addressed a public
meeting to make aware about the welfare projects initiated by his Government.
He laid the foundation stone of a
bridge over the river Budhabalanga and also laid the foundation stone of an 100
bedded ‘Maternity and child health care complex’ in the campus of the district
headquarter Government hospital here and inaugurated a Sabai-grass based craft
training centre in the town.
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