As per the decision of BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik to observe party’s 24th foundation day in all Assembly segments and urban pockets, the Brahmapur Assembly segment of the fest in front of Bijubabu’s statue in Desabehera street on Saturday.
Hundreds of party workers led by senior leaders observed the event. Before the meeting began, the senior leaders of the party garlanded the statue of Bijubabu and paid their homage to the great leader.
Among the senior leaders of the BJD who joined the event include former Deputy Speaker of OLA and advisor, Odisha Agri Marketing Board Rama Chandra Panda, Brahmapur MLA Bikram Panda, former MLA Dr RCC Pattnaik, BJD Youth leader Lakshman Choudhury, former MLA Sibasankar Sahani, Jagannath Sabat, T Gopi, Dr Bhagaban Gantayat, Jamula Sankarnarayan and several other youth leaders.
Panda said Bijubabu always fought for freedom and was in jail along with great leaders of the country like Morarji Desai and Jayaprakash Narayan. All the leaders recalled the contributions of Bijubabu to India’s freedom struggle and for the development of the State as well.