<p>BJP's chief whip in the Odisha assembly Mohan Charan Majhi had a narrow escape on Sunday when two unidentified miscreants hurled bombs at his car in Keonjhar district, police said.</p>.<p>Majhi and his security officer were not injured in the incident but the lawmaker's vehicle was partially damaged, a senior officer said.</p>.<p>The blast occurred near Mandua area under the Keonjhar Town Police Station limits when the saffron party's legislator was returning home after attending a labour union meeting, he said.</p>.<p>Majhi lodged an FIR and alleged that the motorcycle-borne miscreants hurled two handmade bombs at his vehicle.</p>.<p>The legislator along with his security officer chased the two persons but they managed to escape from there, the officer said. "I was returning after attending a meeting when two persons riding a motorcycle overtook my car and hurled two bombs at my vehicle. It happened around 11.50 am.</p>.<p>"I might have developed political enmity in my career spanning over 20 years. But I don't have any enemy in my personal life," Majhi, a tribal MLA from Keonjhar, said.</p>.<p>He alleged that local leaders of the ruling BJD orchestrated the attack.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, BJP workers blocked the National Highway-49 that connects Raipur in Chhattishgarh with Kolkata in West Bengal, demanding immediate arrest of those who are involved in it.</p>.<p>An investigation into the bomb attack on the saffron camp legislator has been initiated, the police officer said.</p>.<p>Odisha Congress president Niranjan Patnaik was also attacked by a group of miscreants near Kashipur under the Keonjhar Town Police Station limits in January this year.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>
<p>BJP's chief whip in the Odisha assembly Mohan Charan Majhi had a narrow escape on Sunday when two unidentified miscreants hurled bombs at his car in Keonjhar district, police said.</p>.<p>Majhi and his security officer were not injured in the incident but the lawmaker's vehicle was partially damaged, a senior officer said.</p>.<p>The blast occurred near Mandua area under the Keonjhar Town Police Station limits when the saffron party's legislator was returning home after attending a labour union meeting, he said.</p>.<p>Majhi lodged an FIR and alleged that the motorcycle-borne miscreants hurled two handmade bombs at his vehicle.</p>.<p>The legislator along with his security officer chased the two persons but they managed to escape from there, the officer said. "I was returning after attending a meeting when two persons riding a motorcycle overtook my car and hurled two bombs at my vehicle. It happened around 11.50 am.</p>.<p>"I might have developed political enmity in my career spanning over 20 years. But I don't have any enemy in my personal life," Majhi, a tribal MLA from Keonjhar, said.</p>.<p>He alleged that local leaders of the ruling BJD orchestrated the attack.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, BJP workers blocked the National Highway-49 that connects Raipur in Chhattishgarh with Kolkata in West Bengal, demanding immediate arrest of those who are involved in it.</p>.<p>An investigation into the bomb attack on the saffron camp legislator has been initiated, the police officer said.</p>.<p>Odisha Congress president Niranjan Patnaik was also attacked by a group of miscreants near Kashipur under the Keonjhar Town Police Station limits in January this year.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>