Two Ministers attacked while assessing aftermath of heavy rains at Bangiriposi

Baripada(23/03/2025): Odisha Urban Development Minister Krushna Chandra Mahapatra and Revenue Minister Suresh Pujari faced protests at Bangiriposi in Mayurbhanj district on Sunday while assesseing the damages caused by the recent heavy rains. When the convoy dropped the Ministers and was returning after damage assessment, a group of angry locals pelted stones at the cars of the Ministers.

The windowpanes of one of the Minister’s cars got damaged in the stone pelting. A police constable sustained a head injury during the attack.

The locals demanded to know why the Ministers had not visited their villages earlier to inspect the damages.