BHUBANESWAR: Union minister Babul Supriyo on Thursday invited opposition parties in Odisha to throw eggs on him but requested that onions and tomatoes be included so that he could make an omelette out of them.
In Odisha to attend an NDA government event at Dhamnagar (in Bhadrak district) and Nilagiri (Balasore district), Babul Supriyo said at the Biju Patnaik International Airport here, "Do throw eggs at me but with onions and tomatoes. I will make omelettes out of them.”
Supriyo also took a dig at the politics of BJD and Congress in Odisha, saying the situation in his home state West Bengal was much better.
The BJD and Congress have been posing hindrances to central government welfare schemes as a result of which benefits do not reach the poor, he said and added that funds are being siphoned off.
At least two of Babul Supriyo's colleagues in the Union Ministry have been subjected to the egg treatment in recent days, mainly by the Congress and Biju Janata Dal (BJD).
On Wednesday, Union tribal affairs minister Jual Oram faced eggs and black flags during a visit to Kendrapara. He was less pleased than Babul Supriyo, objecting to the missiles as the protests were anti-adivasi in nature.
Oram decided to complain to Union home minister Rajnath Singh since throwing eggs was a breach of security for union ministers and the state government was silent about it.
Last Saturday, Union agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh was greeted with eggs by Congress activists over the death of five farmers in Madhya Pradesh.