The Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti (PPSS) will hold the eighth Black Day at Patna of Dhinkia gram panchayat in Jagatsinghpur district on June 22 protesting against the Posco steel project. A preparatory meeting for the purpose was held at the CPI office here on Monday with leaders of five political parties, CPI, CPI(M), Samajwadi Party, Forward Bloc and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) attending it.
The leaders of the five parties strongly protested land acquisition and demolition of betel vines by the Government for the Posco project. They pointed out that the deadline of the Government-Posco MoU has already expired. They demanded that the Government withdraw the police force from Gobindpur as it has created terror among the villagers.
The leaders requested various organisations participate at the Black Day rally at Dhinkia. Ramkrushna Panda and Asish Kanungo of the CPI, Suresh Panigrahi of the CPI(M), Santosh Mitra of the Forward Bloc, Sudarshan Pradhan of the Samajwadi Party and Harish Mohapatra of the RJD were also present.