The Biju Patnaik Memorial Trust (BPMT) celebrated the 105th birthday of legendary leader late Biju Patnaik with various activities here on Friday. Early morning, lamps were lighted in temples and gods and goddesses were worshipped, after which tree were planted and foods distributed to the poor.
A memorial meeting held here at the BPMT’s Nuabazar premises. The meeting was presided over by senior BJD leader and BPMT working president Sumanta Biswal. Jagatsinghpur MP Dr Rajashree Mallick was chief guest and former MLA Pravat Tripathy was chief speaker on the occasion.
BJD Paradip president Basant Kumar Biswal, BJD State secretary and prominent trade union leaderi Santosh Kumar Pattnaik, Pramod Kishore Jena, Ranjan Kumar Das, BJD labour cell vice-president Jugal Kishore Nayak and BJD women cell joint secretary Sabita Mohapatra paid tributes to Biju Patnaik and recalled his life, thoughts and dedication for Odisha and Odias. A vote of thanks was given by Ranjan Kumar Das.