The Pioneer, March 6, 2011
PIONEER NEWS SERVICE, BHAWANIPATNA
It appears that the recent tour of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to Kalahandi has made a crack in his own party.
While district Biju Janta Dal president Balabhadra Majhi is holding his own party leader Jayanta Naik responsible for the unwanted situation triggered at the college function on February 28, Jayanta, in his turn, has accused Majhi.
On the other hand, the irate college union is up in arms against the District Collector Roopa Mishra by boycotting their classes and demanding her transfer from the district.
Convening a Press conference on Saturday here, beleaguered Jayanta alleged that a conspiracy is being hatched against him by the BJD leaders here to expel from the party as he had contested the last Assembly election here.
Balabhadra had unanimously passed a resolution at a party meeting on Thursday and stated in a Press note that Jayanta has been expelled from the party.
In retaliation, Jayanta voiced against his own party leaders at a Press conference here on Saturday.
Jayanta further alleged that even his own party leaders had neither supported him nor voted in his favour in the last Assembly election and demanded that as Balabhadra himself had invited the Chief Minister to the college function, he is solely responsible for such fracas on the day and should be expelled first.
Jayant also exuded confidence on the Biju Janta Dal State president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik not to accord his seal of approval to his expulsion as he had no role to play at the college function.
College function row stokes intra-BJD blame game
March 06, 2011 7:20:58 PM
BIKASH KHEMKA, BHAWANIPATNA
The unwarranted situation, that cropped up at the college function graced by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here on February 28, has turned into an intra-party political blame-game as district Biju Janta Dal (BJD) president Balabhadra Majhi passed the buck to his own party worker Jayanta Naik.
Notably, Naik had contested for the Assembly constituency here and had got trounced in the last General Elections.
As per a Press release issued by the district Biju Janta Dal (BJD), Naik has been expelled from the party after being unanimously decided at a meeting held at its office here on Thursday.
On being queried that the college students are up in arms against District Collector Roopa Mishra for such an unwanted situation while the BJD is accusing Naik instead, Majhi replied that being the chairperson of the Government Autonomous College here.
She has the prerogative to have an alteration in the agenda at any moment, but the party workers unanimously decided that Jayanta was responsible for such a fracas on the day and have expelled him from the party as the party leaders felt that only at Jayanta's instigation, the disturbance at the college function got triggered.
On the other hand, beleaguered Jayanta has reportedly tightened up his belt to spit venom against his own party leaders at a Press conference to be held on Saturday and some of the local Biju Janta Dal (BJD) leaders would defend him as they were also seated on the dais.
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