Senior Congress leader Niranjan Patnaik expressed his gratitude to the people of Keonjhar district and the District Bar Association members for making the district-wide bandh a success on Friday in protest against the State Government’s step-motherly attitude to their long-standing medical college demand. In a Press release, Patnaik suggested that the State Government take seriously of the Keonjhar people’s reaction during the bandh and take steps to establish a Government medical college in Keonjhar soon.
He threatened that the agitation would be intensified if the demand is ignored further.