Noted persons paid rich tributes to socialist leader Prananath Pattnaik on his 50th death anniversary organised by Prananath Committee here on Tuesday.
Former North Odisha University VC Major KP Mohanty, PN College principal Manoranjan Senapati, Dr Pramod Chandra Das, Dr Sarat Dora, Lecturer Sushant Senapati, Uma Shankar Prasad, columnist Saroj Sunder Pattanaik, Bimal Chandra Sarangi, lawyer Bikram Champati, Mihir Mohanty, Prafulla Samantaray, Prahallad Pradhan and Biswajit Mohanty paid garlanded Pattnaik’s statue at Bank Square here.
The guests remembered the contribution of Pattnaik in establishment of the Khordha College on January 28, 1959. Pattanaik was founder secretary. Pattnaik died on October 5, 1970. Later college was named after him in November 1970. As a socialist leader, Pattnaik dedicated his whole life for poor and common people, they said.