The incident took place near the Science College, Chhatrapur, when the minister was going to attend the golden jubilee function of Berhampur University. Dasburma, however, was not hurt.
Yesterday also, some Congress activists had hurled eggs on Dasburma's vehicle, while he was attending a meeting at the Circuit House in Puri.
Congress activists had been targeting Dasburma for some days as a mark of protest to the large-scale irregularities in selection of beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act (NFSA).
Reacting to the incident, Dasburma said "I understand that a former Congress MLA, who is often dubbed as a mines mafia, has been hand in glove with the youths. I appeal to the youths to not go by that ex-MLA who misleads them."
Dasburma said he was ready to answer on irregularities if there were any in the selection of NFSA beneficiaries.
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