Bhubaneswar , June 23: Odisha Congress has expelled five office bearers for ink attack on its chief Sarat Pattanayak.
Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee expelled Prakash Mishra, general secretary of Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC), Shriyasmita Panda, general secretary of Odisha Pradesh Mahila Congress, Sandip Routray, secretary of National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), Amresh Parida, state secretary of Youth Congress and Aryan Sasmal, state secretary of National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) in relation to the ink attack.
In a letter, OPCC disciplinary action committee chairman Santosh Singh Saluja said that the action was taken against the five office bearers on the basis of CCTV footage. Although two masked individuals had carried out the act, the party suspended 5 leaders, which means the others were also involved in the act.
The incident occurred on June 21, 2024, when some party activists entered Pattanayak’s chamber at Congress Bhawan under the guise of greeting him.
Unexpectedly, they threw ink at him, defacing his clothes and causing a minor injury to his left eye.
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