BJD flays detention of elected representatives
BHUBANESWAR: The BJD on Friday condemned the detention of Bishal Das, son of former minister Naba Kishore Das and elected representatives of Kirmira panchayat samiti of Jharsuguda district, alleging that it has violated their democratic rights.
A delegation of BJD leaders including former ministers Debi Prasad Mishra and Sanjay Das Burma, Opposition chief whip Pramila Mallik and party spokesperson Lekhasri Samantsinghar submitted a memorandum addressed to DGP YB Khurania to ADG (Law and order) Sanjay Kumar demanding that he should ascertain the real reason behind such illegal detention.
Leader of the Opposition and BJD president Naveen Patnaik had also written to Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai requesting him to intervene and release them immediately.
