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A video of a woman hurling eggs at Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has gone viral on social media.
Updated : Jan 31, 2018, 07:12 PM IST
A video of a woman hurling eggs at Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has gone viral on social media.
The video, which has Patnaik addressing a rally at Balasore, has a woman, who can’t be seen in the video hurling eggs at him. However, Patnaik escaped unhurt, as a quick-thinking security guard caught an egg.
#WATCH: Woman threw eggs on CM Naveen Patnaik during an event in Balasore, Odisha. pic.twitter.com/2nwWzsH3nj
— ANI (@ANI) January 31, 2018
However, according to Odisha TV, the woman is wife of BJP worker Dillip Kamila, threw two eggs back to back while Patnaik was addressing the gathering. Other leaders present on the dias were hit by the eggs while the CM was escorted away unhurt.
Odisha: Woman threw eggs on CM Naveen Patnaik while he was attending an event in Balasore, eggs didn't him. Woman detained by police. pic.twitter.com/PiFd2ttmB4
— ANI (@ANI) January 31, 2018
BJD condemned the incident and dubbed it as unfortunate. “The act is condemnable. Intolerant of the success of CM Naveen Patnaik, the Opposition party is resorting to such hooliganism. There are many instances of Opposition parties being intolerant,” said Jeevan Pradip Das, BJD MLA from Balasore Sadar.