Bhubaneshwar, Dec 12 (PTI) Annoyed by police allegedly barging into the party office and thrashing NSUI workers, senior Congress leader Taraprasad Bahinipati on Sunday said if the force provides evidence that students’ union activists threw stones If thrown, he will resign from the post of MLA. On security personnel during a movement. The Congress MLA was reacting to allegations leveled by Twin City Police Commissioner SK Priyadarshi that Grand Old Party workers pelted stones at the police on Friday. The NSUI had held a protest at Mahatma Gandhi Marg in the city demanding the resignation of Minister of State for Home DS Mishra for his alleged links with the prime accused in the Kalahandi female teacher kidnapping-murder case. Strongly condemning the excesses of the police, Bahinipati said, rather the police personnel pelted stones on our workers and Congress Bhawan.
However, former policeman Bahinipati admitted that NSUI workers threw eggs and tomatoes at the security personnel while marching towards the assembly building on Friday. Claiming that no one gets hurt by throwing eggs or tomatoes, he said, therefore, throwing eggs at someone is not an offense during the agitation. The workers threw tomatoes and eggs, but did not throw stones. Will the police commissioner resign from the service if the charges are not proved? He asked. The Congress leader demanded that the incident be probed either by a magistrate or a high court judge.
Bahinipati said that if no action is taken against the erring police personnel, then I will lead the party workers and gherao the Commissionerate Police Office. Meanwhile, OPCC President Niranjan Patnaik and CLP leader Narsingh Mishra have demanded a judicial inquiry into the police action on NSUI workers and subsequent police entry into Congress Bhavan. He demanded an unconditional apology from the law enforcers and strict action against the guilty policemen involved in the attack.
On Friday, the police had lathi-charged the students’ union members of the Congress, who were demanding the sacking of the minister. While the police claimed that they were forced to resort to lathi-charge as workers pelted stones at them, Congress leaders claimed otherwise. Party leaders claimed that 10 NSUI workers were thrashed by the police and one of them suffered serious head injuries. He alleged that many others broke their legs and arms in the police action. He further alleged that the law enforcers also chased the protesters and forcibly entered the Congress building and thrashed them mercilessly.
The Congress MLA said the police had been directed by the Minister of State for Home to attack the protesters demanding their resignations.
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