BHUBANESWAR:
The members of Kosal Kranti Dal (KKD) on Friday staged demonstration in front
of the State Assembly here demanding formation of separate Kosal Pradesh and to
materialise the dreams of two and half crores Kosali people who aspire to see a
new State under Article 2 and 3 of Indian Constitution.
More than a hundred members came
in a procession started from Master Canteen to the Lower PMG
and staged a meeting in front of the State Assembly here protesting the State
Government’s delay in recognising their demands. KKD president Pramod Kumar
Mishra, while addressing the members in the meeting, said the western part of
the State has been facing many challenges including Government negligence from
the day of the independence.
Mishra pointed out about the
regional imbalances in the area and maladministration of different Governments
of the State. “The people of the Kosalanchal has been facing untold misery in
the hands of such bureaucrats and executing authorities who mostly hail from Eastern
Odisha,” he said.
A delegation led by Mishra handed
over a memorandum to the Chief Minister requesting fulfillment of their
demands. The KKD members also met MLAs of Kosal area (consisting of 13
districts) and requested them to address their issues in the Assembly.
In the memorandum, the leaders
said the mineral rich and naturally sound western Odisha people are neglected
in almost all sectors including political, social, education and health. “Kosal
Pradesh is our right and nobody can create obstacle on the way to get that
right,” said Mishra, adding, “If the MLAs fail to address our issues, we would gherao
them in their own Assembly constituency and would stage demonstration in front
of the representatives of the Government.”
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