Members of the Utkal Sammilani held a demonstration at the statue of Utkalgaurab Madhsusudan Das near the Raj Bhavan here on Wednesday in protest against the Jharkhand Government’s decision to withdraw the second language status to Odia language.They also expressed solidarity with the people in the Odia-speaking areas who are agitating against the decision. The speakers termed the Jharkhand Government’s decision as unfortunate and a decision was taken to seek intervention of the Jharkhand and Odisha Chief Ministers and the Union Higher Education Minister on the issue. Utkal Sammilani Mancheswar Branch president Dillip Dashsharma presided over the meeting.
Advisors Dwarika Nath Mohanty and Niranjan Das, central vice-president Bichitra Kumar Badjena and Surendra Mohan Mishra, secretaries Gobinda Chandra Subudhi and Basanti Tripathy and Bhubaneswar branch vice-president Subrat Kumar Mohapatra were, among others, present.
