Odisha Sun Times Bureau
Remuna, Feb 18:

A former legislator of Odisha’s ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) today faced the public ire for allegedly distributing cash in Odisha’s Balasore district.

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According to reports, the former MLA from Remuna constituency Sudarshan Jena was beaten up by locals at Sarkar Nagar under Saraswatipur panchayat while he was on a visit to the village.

The politician was thrashed for allegedly adopting a partisan attitude while distributing cash and sari to voters. The former lawmaker distributed Rs 100 and Rs 200 to villagers which gave rise to dissatisfaction among them.

The incident happened a day before the fourth phase panchayat election was to be held tomorrow.

No complaint was lodged till the filing of this report.