In an unpleasant situation, four persons attempted to show black flags to Vice-President M Venkaiha Naidu during his visit to the Utkal University here on Saturday.
Reportedly, the four persons, including one Amiya Pandav and one Ganesh Sahu, tried to show black flags to the Vice-President protesting an honourary DLitt degree conferred upon Bijay Kumar Sahoo, Advisor of the Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya Sangathana and founder of the Sai International School.
However, police personnel deployed at the spot thwarted the protesters’ bid and later detained them.
The Vice-President later attended the convocation of the university and conferred DLitt degree to five prominent persons, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das, CAG Girish Chandra Murmu, Orissa High Court judge Justice Sanju Panda, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Director Ajit Kumar Mohanty and Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya Sangathan Advisor Bijaya Kumar Sahoo.