Man Hurls Tomato At 5T Chairman VK Pandian; Thrashed By BJD Workers
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A man allegedly hurled a tomato at Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader and 5T Chairman, VK Pandian during a programme in Odisha’s Ganjam district on Thursday.
Berhampur, Feb 22: A man allegedly hurled a tomato at Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader and 5T Chairman, VK Pandian during a programme in Odisha’s Ganjam district on Thursday.
The tomato, however, missed Pandian.
A group of BJD workers soon overpowered the man, identified as Anil Kumar Mallick, and thrashed him mercilessly. Later, the police personnel, who were present at the spot, rescued the man and took him to their custody.
The incident took place in Belaguntha area in Ganjam district where Pandian attended the ‘Ama Odisha Nabin Odisha’ (Our Odisha, New Odisha) programme as the chief guest.
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✨Pandian, while speaking at the meeting, said, “You can throw eggs, tomatoes or ink at me or even fire bullets, but it would not stop me from meeting and serving the people of Odisha.”
Earlier, Pandian, a bureaucrat-turned-politician had faced black flag protests and also an ink attack.
A person in Puri district in August last year had hurled ink at Pandian when he was serving as the secretary (5T) to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
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