The Pujya Puja Parishad, Hyderabad branch held a meeting at Hyderabad on Tuesday with a view to intensifying the demand for Bharat Ratna award for Utkal Gaurab Madhusudan Das by collecting signatures from Odias residing in the State of Telangana. Parishad president Padmakar Guru joined the meeting as chief guest and recounted the immense contributions of Madhubabu to Odisha as well as to the country. He exhorted Parishad Hyderabad branch head Tarun Kumar Bal to make the drive of collecting 1 lakh signatures from Telengana within 10 months a grand success. The Parishad would declare its workers for every State in the country on July 20 who will work to give a boost to the signature drive, informed Guru, who urged upon all Odias staying outside Odisha to support the drive by giving at least four hour in a month.