Appealing to the people of Odisha to follow the ideology of the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi, Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Jayadev Jena said the Congress is committed to give good governance in the State.
“We should follow the ideology of Mahatma Gandhi and our focus should be to strengthen the education system, besides removing poverty from the State,” said Jena after unfurling the National Flag at the Congress Bhavan here on the Independence Day on Thursday.
The Congress is committed to make Odisha number one State in all aspects by ending the present bad governance in the State, he added.
Jena too received salute from salute from the Seva Dal. Many other senior party leaders and activists were present and paid their tributes to the freedom fighters on the occasion.
Among others, leader of Opposition in the Assembly Bhupinder Singh, Samir Kumar Routray, Sivananda Rai, Gurupada Nanda and Annanta Prasad Sethi were present on the occasion.