Jharsuguda, Aug. 9 -- Several workers of the opposition parties in Odisha -- Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and Congress -- were detained by the Jharsuguda Police after they attempted to stage a protest against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Dharmendra Pradhan while he was on his way to Veer Surendra Sai Airport, an official stated.

Pradhan was under fire recently over the NEET-UG paper leak. He had to resign from his post as Union Education Minister several days after student protests at Jantar Mantar in Delhi, which were organised by the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP).

According to the Jharsuguda Additional Superintendent of Police (SP) James Samad, the police on Sunday took the protesters into preventive custody as a precautionary measure to p...