The Kosal Youth Coordination Committee (KYCC) held a meet on Saturday here under the chairmanship of its president Pramod Mishra. Prof M Kodandaram was the chief guest while Prof K Venkat Swami, Prof C Bhaskar Rao and Gorekhanath Sahu attended as guests of honour.
The objective of the meet was to include the youths to reach out to the masses to chalk out a plan for formation of a separate Kosal State. The KYCC's primary task is to bring all shades of youths under one umbrella for making separate State of Kosal, the leaders said.
According to them, Kosal Raj finds mention in the Ramayana. But the Odisha Government's main concern is with the coastal region, while the western region has been largely neglected. People of this backward region are victims of acute poverty and deprivation, they alleged, justifying for formation of a new Kosal State.
The guests in their speech said that the leaders of Telengana State have come here to encourage the people of Kosal to form a separate State like Telengana was separated from Andhra Pradesh.
Kosal State coordinator committee joint coordinator Sunil Purohit said, "Our revolution would continue till formation of a Kosal State." Padmashree Haldhar Nag was felicitated on the occasion.