Bhasha Andolan, Day 23: OSSTA joins Protest March
The Bhasha Andolan in Odisha, has entered Day 24 today, but the government remains apathetic to the demand of ‘Governance of Odisha in Odia Language’. There has been no responded to the movement till date.
On the 23rd day of Bhasha Andolan yesterday, Leader of Utkal Sammelan, Odisha Secondary School Teachers’ Association (OSSTA), Abhay Samantray (82), renowned Odia Language Activist, Krushna Chandra Jagdev, Retd. Reader in Political Science, Gitarani Kanungo and young talent Subhas Chandra Pradhan join the ‘silent black flag march’.
They started the march from Odisha Assembly and concluded it at Madhu Babu’s statue near Governor’s House Square. Several other members and supporters of Bhasha Andolan, including Subhas Chandra Pattanayak, Pradyumna Satpathy, Pabitra Maharatha, Sagar Satapathy, Tusarkanta Satpathy, Deba Prasad Das, Ashwini Kumar Swain, Tirtha Kumar Sahu, Rakesh Das, Sudhir Kumar Rout, Sumanta Patnaik, Ajay Jena, Swadesh Das, Biranchi Moharana, Subhas Chandra Pradhan, Sudarsan Dixit, Ashok Jagdev, Biyaj Samantray, Raj Sekhar Laha, Siba Prasad Patnaik, Kali Prasad Samantray, Bibekananda Das, Gurupadma Kar, Dibakar Balabantray, Dr. Nityananda Patnaik, Kishore Paikaray, Baikunth Nayak and Bhakti Bhushan Mohapatra.