The Utkal Sammilani celebrated birth anniversary of its founder Utkalgaurab Madhusudan Das by paying floral tributes at his statue at Raj Bhawan Square here on Saturday.
Mancheswar branch president Dillip Dashsharma presiding over the meeting demanded a statue of Madhusudan in the Parliament. Among others, Sammilani member Dr Dwarikanath Mohanty, Bhibhuti Mishra, VPs Sital Chandra Mohanty, Basanti Singh, secretary Govind Chandra Subudhi, joint secretary Ashok Kumar Paltasingh, Shiv Prasad Mishra, Dr Pramod Kumar Biswal, Akhaya Sethi, Maheswar Biswal, Ketra Mohan Nayak, Ajay Kumar Kanungo and Niranjan Patra were present.