The BJD district unit organised a meeting for former Minister late Bishnu Das on his second death anniversary in the party office here on Wednesday.
Jagatsinghpur MLA and Government Chief Whip Prasanta Muduli chaired the meeting where Zilla Parishad President Manoj Bhoi, Block Chairperson Kanakprava Lenka, BJD vice-president Dipti Das, Town BJD president Priyabrata Mohapatra, district BJD leaders Dolagovinda Das, Madhusudan Sahoo, district BJD youth wing president Soumyajit Mohapatra and ZP member Bibekananda Behera among others were present.
Muduli recounted Das’s illustrious political career who had started politics since his college days during the hateful Chhabirani gang rape incident that occurred in Biridi block. He was associated with late Biju Patnaik and became the first MLA in 1990 and later in 1995 as Janta Dal candidate from Jagatsinghpur Assembly constituency. Subsequently he got elected for three times in BJD ticket. He was a legislator of Tirtol Assembly constituency when he died in 2020, said Muduli and paid his rich tributes to him.
Many Das followers claimed to install a statue of late Das at the district headquarters town. Das’s death anniversary was also observed at Biridi, Raghunathpur and Tirtol block headquarters. His MLA son Bijaya Shankar Das participated in a meeting along with BJD supporters.