11 Odisha BJP leaders suspended for assaulting party VP
Odisha BJP leader Jayanarayan Mishra and 10 others were suspended from the party for allegedly assaulting party state Vice-President Samir Mohanty during Sambalpur Zilla Parishad elections on Sunday. The party announced that the leaders were suspended for six years. The assault reportedly took place while they had been deciding who could be the next Zilla Parishad Chairman.