BERHAMPUR: The students’ wing of Congress on Monday once again hurled eggs on the car of Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Sanjay Dasburma over irregularities in ration card allocation under the National Food Security Act (NFSA).
Thy hurled eggs on the car of the Minister near Chhatrapur college while he was on his way to Berhampur University to attend a programme.
Dasburma faced such situation for the second time in last two days.
Meanwhile, Puri Sea Beach police on Monday arrested five Congress workers in connection with the incident of egg pelting on the car of Dasburma at the Special Circuit House here on Sunday.
The arrested Congress workers are Swadhin Kumar Panda, Amarendra Paikara, Biswaranjan Samantaray, Asish Das and Aditya Narayan Pani.
Around half dozen activists of Congress bearing flags in their hands had barged into the premises of the Circuit House shouting slogans against the Minister and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik over large-scale irregularities in ration card allocation.