BJP MP Aparajita Sarangi asks Naveen Patnaik to follow 'Rajadharma'
BJP's Bhubaneswar MP Aparajita Sarangi on Monday asked Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to follow 'Rajdharma' and stop being a 'Dhritarastra'. Sarangi was allegedly attacked with eggs, and stones by members of the Mission Shakti during her visit to the Athantra area under the Bhubaneswar Parliamentary segment on Sunday.
«In the name of women empowerment, the state government of Odisha has been using Mission Shakti women to attack me — a woman MP, duly elected & blessed by the people.
THE REAL FACE OF MISSION SHAKTI… Will Hon'ble @CMOdisha stop being DHRITRASHTRA & carry out his 'RAJDHARMA',» Sarangi said in a post in X, formerly Twitter.
In the post the the BJP MP also attached three pictures of Mission Shakti women members allegedly holding black flags, stones and eggs used in the attack.
She cited three incidents in the last three days where «sponsored hooligans» tried to prevent her from discharging duties as an MP in Bhubaneswar. «The chief minister and his government are responsible for any untoward incident», Sarangi said.
«I am a female MP and I am not safe in my parliamentary constituency.
From now onward, if anything bad happens at my meeting place, the state government will be responsible for that,» Sarangi said on Sunday.
Claiming that whenever she goes to her area to meet people and listen to their issues, some people are staging protests, Sarangi said, adding that this has happened continuously for the last three days.
Responding to Sarangi's allegations, BJD spokesperson Srimayee Mishra said, «It surprises me that whenever any voter asks her anything, she gets irritated. She is even terming it as hooliganism.
