The Utkal Sammilani observed the 86th death anniversary of Sammilani founder Utkala Gouraba Madhusudan Das paying floral tributes at his statue at Raj Bhawan Square here on Tuesday.
Sammilani Mancheswar branch president Dillip Dashsharma presiding over the meeting demanded setting up of a statue of Madhubabu in Parliament.
Among others, Sammilani advisors Dr Dwarikanath Mohanty, Niranjan Dash and Nimai Das, joint secretaries Ashok Kumar Paltasingh and Siddhartha Sankar Gadnayak, Basanti Tripathy, Shiv Prasad Mishra, Prasanna Rath, Maheswar Biswal, Niranjan Patra, Ketra Mohan Nayak, Ajay Kanungo and Prakash Kumar Samal also paid tributes to Madhubabu.
The Pujyapuja Sanskruti Surakshya Abhiyan also observed the death anniversary of Utkalgaurab Madhusudan Das here. Abhiyan members paid floral tributes at Madhubabu’s statue at Raj Bhawan Square under leadership of Abhiyan president Pradyumna Satpathy.
Abhiyan senior members educationist Giridhari Patnaik, Brajabandhu Parida, Bijay Parida, Narayan Chandra Ojha, Dillip Dashsharma, Shiv Sankar Dakua, Sitanshu Sekhar Maharana, Sangram Baliarsingh and Samita Maharana were present.