Top Personalities attend Late Bansi Panda’s 11th Day Event

ONI Bureau: Eminent people from all walks of life paid rich tributes to late Bansidhar Panda on his 11th Day rituals ceremony held at Swosti Premium yesterday.

While CM Naveen Patnaik did not attend the function despite being invited, only BJD MP Prasanna Patashani, Minister Prafulla Samal & MLA Debashish Nayak attended the event. No other BJD leaders dared (or did not bother) to turn up at the 11th day rituals of a person, who was always hailed as the Doyen of Odisha Industry.

Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan attended the event and paid tributes to Late Bansi Panda. Many BJP leaders, including Dr. Giridhar Gamang, Biswabhushan Harichandan, Manmohan Samal, Bhrugu Baxipatra, Pitambar Acharya, Nayan Mohanty, Sudipta Ray, Upasna Mohapatra too attended the ceremony.

Among Congress leaders, PCC President Niranjan Patnaik, Hemananda Biswal, Ranjib Biswal, Chiranjib Biswal, Mohammed Moquim, Ganeswar Behera and Anshuman Mohanty too attended the 11th Day Rituals.

Hundreds of other people, including Journalists, Industrialists, Artists, Intellectuals as well as common people too came to pay tributes to Late Bansi Panda.

MP Baijayant Panda, his wife Jagi Mangat Panda, IMFA MD Subhrakant Panda, his wife Shefali Panda, Late Bansi Panda’s daughters Paramita Mohapata & Nibedita Ganapati were present at the occasion along with other family members.