BJD activists land in trouble for not wearing helmet during rally
Police says it will examine CCTV footage to take action
By Sukant Mohanty
BHUBANESWAR, DEC. 29: Activists of the Biju Yuva Janata Dal (BYJD), the youth wing of the ruling-BJD, on Thursday had taken out a bike rally in the Capital city as part of the party’s 23rd foundation day celebrations. However, the party activists did not wear helmets during the rally.
This violation of Motor Vehicle by the BJD activists has invited severe criticisms from all quarters. Besides, the Bhubaneswar Commissionerate police has decided to take action against the violators.
“We’re already looking at the CCTV footage on violation of helmet rule during a rally in Bhubaneswar and will launch some prosecutions. Also, this being a problem in all political rallies in India, we’ve to devise ways for dealing with it in future,” Commissionerate police, Bhubaneswar, tweeted on Saturday.
On Thursday, hundreds of activists of BJD’s youth wing had taken out the motorcycle rally from Master Canteen to party office where they welcomed their party president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
As most of the activists were seen riding motorcycles without wearing helmets, one twitter user wrote, “No helmet is required if you have a ruling party flag on your bike, even if the traffic police will not stop you… I saw it.”
Another Twitter user also said that he also saw the same near OUAT Square, Bhubaneswar.
Another user demanded that the activists should be punished.
“They should be punished anyhow. Why such difference between a common citizen and netas?” asked the user.
Stating that Ollywood actor Babushaan was penalised for riding bike without helmet, another twitter user wrote, “If @babushaansai was penalized for no helmet, on basis of a social media post, these guys are also culpable. Please take action.”
