Congress boycotts all party meet convened by Cuttack Mayor

The Opposition Congress today boycotted an all-party meeting convened by city mayor to break the Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) Council stalemate.
The civic body had witnessed violent scenes last week when some ruling BJD corporators beat up Congress corporators.
"The all-party meeting was cancelled as the Congress members did not attend it," said deputy mayor Ajay Barik of BJD.
"Congress corporators decided to boycott the all-party meeting because the party has already lodged police complaints against errant BJD corporators and given a seven-day ultimatum to the police to take appropriate action," said city Congress chief Md Moquim.
At least four BJD corporators allegedly assaulted the Congress corporators when the latter were protesting against the failure of the civic body in controlling dengue menace in the city during the monthly council meeting on July 29.

Congress corporator Arun Kumar Sethy (SC) has lodged a complaint at Purighat police station naming four BJD corporators for beating him using derogatory remarks about his caste.
The city police, however, have not taken any action against the accused ruling party members for which the Congress leaders had gheraoed the district collector's office yesterday and organised a rally in the city today.