Eggs Thrown at Jay Panda as BJD Infighting Escalates

Eggs were thrown at BJD MP Baijayant Jay Panda at an event in Kendrapara district in Odisha. According to reports, Panda was attacked by alleged supporters of BJD MLA Pratap Jena over his failure to invite the latter to the inauguration of a water tank. A plaque bearing his name was also vandalised.

However, Panda refuted the allegations. He told ANI:

Allegations are false and the plaque which was broken had names of local MLA and officials. I have always ensured they are invited.

Forget stones & eggs, they can't cow me down even if they use bullets. These MPLAD-funded projects = 5.2 million litres of drinking water🙏🙏🙏 https://t.co/ZgldqkJGIQ

— Baijayant Jay Panda (@PandaJay) May 30, 2017

Panda also tweeted photos, claiming that the rival faction had defaced the site of the event on 28 May.

(1/2) Again goondaism in party politics, agn i won't bow down. Mahanga vandals trying2 stop me/MPLAD-project inauguration tmrw. I'll be thr🙏 pic.twitter.com/vf6MKcu01Q

— Baijayant Jay Panda (@PandaJay) May 29, 2017