Bhasha Andolan Day 34: Odisha Byabasayi Mahasangha joins March
The Bhasha Andolan, Odisha, seeking governance of Odisha in Odia language as per the 1954 Language Act, has entered 35th Day today. But, the government has not so far responded to the demands of the activists.
On the 34th day of Bhasha Andolan yesterday, Odisha Byabasayi Mahasangha general secretary Sudhakar Panda, Sri Sakti Sankar Mishra, Legal Advisor 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, 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, Anil Dhir, Kishore Paikaray, Baikunth Nayak and Bhakti Bhushan Mohapatra. Their march started from Odisha Assembly and continued till Madhu Babu’s statue at the Governor’s Square.