Protest against Parshuram statue in
Balangir
Thursday, 18 June 2015 | PNS | BALANGIR | in Bhubaneswar
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The decision to install a statue of Parshuram Satpathy, a
young journalist who was brutally murdered and whose killers were brought to
book after 41 years, at Tikrapada Chowk here has sparked off a row, with locals
of Tikrapada opposing it and demanding installation of a Gandhi statue
instead.Notably, the Balangir Municipality had passed a resolution for the
installation of the statue and Rajya Sabha BJD member AU Singh Deo had attended
the Bhumi Puja along with BJD councillors recently.
“We oppose the decision to set up the statue of Parshuram
Satpathy. Let his statue be installed in other area of Balangir. We have no
objection. In 2006, on the occasion of Silver Jubliee of Gandhi Pathagar, we
had in principle decided to name Tikrapada Chowk as Gandhi Chowk and a statue
of Mahatma Gandhi was to be installed here,” said Bhagabana Bagarty of Gandhi
Pathagar in a Press conference on Tuesday evening.
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