The Yuva Odisha will hold a rally at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on April 28 to mount pressure on the Union Government to accommodate Odisha as a Special Category State.
The Odisha Swatantra Rajya Adhikar Rally will coincide with the 165th birth anniversary of Utkal Gaurab Madhusudan Das and will be held when Parliament will be in session.
Yuva Odisha president Tejeswar Parida informed CM Naveen Patnaik of the move of the leading Delh-based Odia youth organisation in the national capital on Saturday.
The delegation also included Sibanand Mishra, Rajanikant Das, Reeta Patra, Dinesh Mishra, Pragyanvit Sahoo, Jayanta Mallick and Bipin Dalai. Parida apprised the Chief Minister about different activities undertaken by the Odia youth community at the NCR. Patnaik was informed about the brainstorming session on “Odisha Vision: 2020” organised on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Biju Patnaik at IIT, Delhi. A “Yuva Panchayat” was held in Delhi last December opposing the reduction in Railway Budget allocation to Odisha and demanding the grant of Special Category State Status to Odisha.