Utkal Sammilani demands Prez to nominate Odias to RS

BHUBANESWAR: Not a single Odia get nominated by the President of India for the coveted seat of Rajya Sabha within 66 years of independence of the country which shows either the President of India is not interested to nominate from the State or the Odias have lack of talents, lamented Utkal Sammilani members here on Wednesday.

The Sammilani would press its demands regarding nomination of Odias before the President of India Pranab Mukherjee while welcoming him here on Wednesday. “At least an Odia should be nominated to the Rajya Sabha by the President,” demanded Utkal Sammilani’s Mancheswar Industrial Estate branch president Dillip Das Sharma said.

He also demanded Mukherjee to announce the nomination of Odias while delivering speech at the Utkal University convocation on Thursday. “Our intellectuals are not less than the nominated RS members by the President,” Das Sharma said.