The Sundargarh Adivasi Vikash Parishad on Thursday staged a demonstration at the Raja Dhranidhar playground in Bonai in protest against the alleged attack on tribal students of the Kalinga
Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) in Bhubaneswar on August 24. Thousands of tribals led by Parshad president Pandu Munda and General Secretary Charan Singh Munda participated in the protest.
Alleging that electronics Mediapersons have been conspiring to defame the KISS, the activists said they cannot tolerate any damage to the future of 2,400 tribal students of Sundargarh district studying in the institute and, if required, they would spearhead protests from Collectorates of 22 tribal-dominated districts to the Rashtrapati Bhawan in Delhi.
After the protest meeting, parishad activists went in a rallyaround the Bonai town and handed over a memorandum Bonai Sub-Collector SK Meena in favor of the Chief Minister.