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Tension flared at a Panchayat Samiti meeting in Nuagaon block of Nayagarh district on Thursday after Daspalla MLA Ramesh Chandra Behera publicly expressed his anger over alleged stalled development projects by tearing official files and warning of protests if 'pending works' were not completed soon.

The dramatic incident unfolded during a routine review meeting of rural development activities chaired by block officials. The meeting, aimed at assessing the progress of ongoing schemes, turned stormy when the MLA questioned the slow pace of various infrastructure works in the block.

Eyewitnesses said that Behera, visibly agitated ...