The Utkal Sammilani Mancheswar branch on Saturday demanded that the Srinagar airport be named after legendary leader, pilot and former Chief Minister Biju Patnaik.
In a meeting at the Biju Patnaik Park on Bijubabu’s 106th birth anniversary, Utkal Sammilani branch president Dillip Dashsharma said Bijubabu had shown extreme courage in landing an aircraft at this airport to assist the Indian Army when Pakistan attempted to encroach upon Jammu and Kashmir.
Sammilani branch vice-president Sheetal Mohanty and members Nimai Charan Das, Sidhartha Shankar Garnayak, Maheswar Biswal and Shart Chandra Sahu were present at the meeting.
