Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, who has submitted a memorandum to President Pranab Mukherjee demanding Special Category State status for Odisha, said the President would go through it and take action accordingly.
"The President Pranab Mukherjee said he would go through the memorandum and give it to the Government of India," Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, said on his return from New Delhi on Thursday.
Chief Minister Patnaik, along with senior leaders of the ruling BJD, had met Pranab Mukherjee at the Rashtrapati Bhavan after addressing a Swabhiman Samabesh organised at the Ramlila Maidan in Delhi.
Ministers, MlAs and other senior leaders of the BJD said they are optimistic about Odisha being considered for the Special Category status.
"The President Pranab Mukherjee was surely positive about our demand," BJD MlA Sipra Mallick said, adding that she was hopeful about the State getting the Special Category tag.
Another ruling party MlA, Amar Prasad Satpathy, also expressed similar optimism.