Odisha CM suspends Pyarimohan for 'coup' attempt

June 01, 2012 18:38

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik suspends dissident BJD Rajya Sabha MP Pyare Mohan Mahapatra and two ministers Anjani Behera and Sanjiv Sahu from the party. Patnaik held a series of meetings with BJD leaders, some of whom claimed there was an attempt to topple the government during a meeting at party MP Pyari Mohan Mohapatra's house when he was in London.

At least 21 BJD legislators, including three ministers, had met at Mohapatra's residence with some leaders terming the exercise as "pressure tactics" by one group close to the Rajya Sabha member at a time when Patnaik was away.

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