Protesting against the rising unemployment, fuel price hike, proposed farm laws and all-round failure of both Modi and Naveen Patnaik Governments, the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) , the student wing of Congress, staged a massive rally here on Monday.
Police stopped the protesters at Rajmahal Square when they tried to break the police barricade on their way to gherao the Naveen Niwas, the Chief Minister’s residence.
The rally started from the Congress Bhawan after a meeting, where prominent leaders including PCC president Niranjan Patnaik, NSUI national president Niroj Kundan and State president Yasir Nawaj, party MLAs Suresh Routray, Tara Prasad Bahinipati, Ramesh Jena, NSUI State observer Roshanlal Bitu spoke.
The NSUI agitators shouted ‘Naukuri Do Yaa Degree Wapas Lo’ and lambasted the Modi and Patnaik Governments for their failure to provide employment.
“Both the Governments have hoodwinked youths in promising employment. They are busy privatising and commercialising education,” NSUI president Niroj Kundan said. PCC president Niranjan Patnaik accused the Naveen Government of derailing the development of the State and held Modi Government responsible for the spiralling prices of essential commodities.