Clash of Congressee

Bhubaneswar (Reporters Today Bureau): The rift within Congress bhawan as the party witnessed a serious clash between two groups at party’s state headquarters in presence of Pradesh Congress Committee chief Niranjan Patnaik today. Two groups of Jagatsinghpur district Congress had face-off during the OBC Cell meeting chaired by party leader Bishnu Charan Barik at the Congress Bhawan in the capital.

The party workers physically assaulted each other, tore down the posters of Congress leaders including Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and ransacked the furniture at the building. Report says, Bishnu Charan Barik, who is the chief of Odisha Congress OBC Cell, had convened the meeting today. During the meeting, the party infighting intensified as two groups of Jagatsinghpur scuffled with each other in presence of Niranjan Patnaik as well as the OBC Cell president.

Source said that the OBC Cell chief also assaulted after he was attacked by the party workers at the meeting. Further details awaited.