The Rashtriya Prabasi Odia Paribar (RPOP) paid tributes to Odia legendry actor Bijay Mohanty on 13 th day of demise on August 1.
The RPOP in association with around 50 other Odia organisations in the National Capital Region (NCR) organised a webinar, “Smrutire Bijay Mohanty”, which was attended by well wishers and fans of Mohanty in big numbers from the country and abroad.
The webinar live streamed through Zoom, Facebook and Youtube digital platforms commenced with a welcome message by RPOP convenor Prabir Mohanty. A two-minute silence was observed in honour of the departed souls of Mohanty and Deepa Sahu.
Amongst others, Union Minister Pratap Chandra Sarangi, MP Dr Raghunath Mohapatra, former MP Balabhadra Majhi, renowned director and screenwriter Dr Sisir Mishra, actors Ajit Das, Uttam Mohanty, Sabhyasachi Mishra, Ashrumochan Mohanty, Gungun and eminent Odia sprinter Dutee Chand attended.
The RPOP resolved to request to the Union Government for posthumously conferring Mohanty with the civilian award of Padma Bhushan/Padma Vibhushan.
The webinar was anchored by Dr Bikram Mohanty and Sanjay Kumar Das.