Eminent citizens of Sambalpur paid rich tribute to the students who died in police firing in 1980.
BJP national secretary Suresh Pujari, former VC of Berhampur University Prof Aditya Prasad Padhi, Prof Shankar Prasad Pati and many others were present in the GM University to pay tribute to six youths who were killed during a student movement.
Suresh Pujari recalled the day of Odisha bandh on December 5, 1980 by the students all over the State. “The strength of the bandh was so enormous that there was curfew in Cuttack, Bhubaneswar and Phulbani. Still students of the State without caring to police atrocity and the cruelty of the Government made the bandh successful,” Pujari said.
All of them garlanded the Saheed Stamba in the GM University premises and observed silence for some minutes for the departed souls.
Pujari and many other retired professors of the GMU and senior citizens expressed concern over the present situation in the GMU and decided to do something to bring about a satisfactory development in the premier institution.