A rally of more than 5,000 people led by Odisha Mahila Mahasangha State president Er Debashisha Hota was held at Jiral and Dighi under Kamakhyanagar pressing for closure of illegal liquor shops.
They protested all illegal sale of wine in betel shops, hotels and private houses and also a licensed liquor shop within 200 meters of Jiral College, violating all rules and regulations.
It was started from Jiral Hata and coordinated by Odisha Bhumihina Praja Samiti State secretary Ranjan lenka, Odisha Mahila Mahasangha secretary Dillip Samal, Krushak Sangharsha Samiti district secretary Kalandi Charan Behera, Adivasi Sangha district secretary Duryodhan Dehury, BJP leaders Sushanta Swain, Mayadhar Sahu, Nilamani Kabi, Babu Majhi, Sushama Samal, Kholana Mahalik, Sarati Dehury, Kakar Devi, Santi lenka and Damayanti Devi.
Meetings were held before the illegal liquor shops.
More than 1,000 illegal liquor shops are operated from betel shops, hotels and private houses in Jiral, Bhuban and Kamakhyanagar area, they alleged. They also flayed no action from the police and Excise officials under whose nose the illegal wine sale is rampant.