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Youth Wing Workers Of BJP & Cong Engage In Street Fight In Bhubaneswar Over Rahul Gandhi’s Speech

Bhubaneswar: The youth wing workers of BJP and Congress were engaged in a street fight in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday evening over the speech of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in Parliament on Monday.

Sources said the violent clash ensued when the activists of BJP Yuva Morcha were staging a demonstration at Master Canteen Square in the city denouncing the alleged anti-Hindu statements of Gandhi in the Parliament.

While they were raising slogans against the senior Congress leader, some of them allegedly hurled stones and cow dung at his poster, put on display in front of the Congress Bhawan, the party headquarters, near the square.

This led the Congress workers to arrive at the spot and challenge the protesting BJP workers. Even as the police deployed there were trying to pacify them, some members of NSUI, Congress’ youth wing, also reached there and a clash broke out.

The area turned into a battlefield as the workers of both parties were engaged in pelting stones at each other and attacking the vehicles parked there. Some vehicles were also reportedly damaged in the incident.

The Yuva Morcha claimed that its seven members were injured in the attack by the NSUI activists and admitted to Capital Hospital.

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