The Milita Odisha Nisha Nivaran Abhiyan (MONNA) under the leadership of Gandhian and freedom fighter Padma Charan Nayak which has started its campaign for prohibition of liquor in the State arrived here and organised a meeting near the bus-stand on Friday.
Nayak called upon the people, especially youths, to protest against use of intoxicants for which Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi had launched a movement. He also urged politicians to ensure total prohibition in the State to prevent the rising criminal activities, including rape and killing of small children.
The MONNA team was welcomed by Netaji Memorial Club secretary Pabitra Mishra, Paradip Aam Aadmi Party convenor Nilamani Mohanty, Kalpataru Mantri and Sanjay Saha. The activists also advised people to send their representations against opening of liquor shops in various villages in the area to the Chief Minister so that a Public Interest litigation (PIl) can be filed in the High Court.
Before Paradip, the team completed its campaign against liquor in Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Khurda, Jagatsinghpur, Kujang, Bhubaneswar, and after Paradip the team left for Kendrapada.
Among others, Malay Tripathy, Ramakanta Mandal, Santosh Ranasingh, Benudhar Panigrahi, Aparna Nayak, Kamalakanta Pati, Durga Das and Indumati Sahoo also highlighted about the maladies of use of liquor and discussed how the social equilibrium has been imbalanced due to consumption of liquor by more and more people.