Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal on Sunday clarified that Chilika MLA Prasant Jagdev is no longer in the party and the police will initiate strictest action against him over the Banapur rampage which took place yesterday.
“We had already informed yesterday that Chilika MLA Prasant Jagdev is no longer in the party. Odisha BJP has demanded in its press meet today that strictest action be taken against the Chilika MLA. We had already demanded this yesterday, that the strongest and strictest action be taken against the accused by the Police,” BJD’s national spokesperson Sasmit Patra said.
If the BJP wants to drag the BJD unnecessarily to politicize this barbaric incident, then it’s extremely sad and unfortunate. Attempts at politicizing this barbaric incident must be avoided, he said responding to BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra’s allegations over Jagdev’s role in BJD.
“We would like to remind the Odisha BJP that when a similar incident had taken place in their party ruled state, they had appealed not to politicize that issue and let law take its course. But the Odisha BJP is taking another stand on this issue now. We appeal to the Odisha BJP not to indulge in double standards on such sensitive issues,” Sasmit Patra said.
