Bhubaneswar, 1 July (H.S.) In response to the violent incident that occurred at the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) office on June 30, the Odisha unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has suspended five party members, including a corporator, from the party's primary membership.

The suspension was ordered by BJP's Odisha State President, Shri Manmohan Samal, based on allegations of involvement in the violence. The action was confirmed through an official press release issued by the party.

The suspended members are Corporator Aparup Narayan Raut, Rashmi Ranjan Mahapatra, Debashis Pradhan, Sachikanta Swain, and Sanjeev Mishra.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Monalisa Panda