Month-long demonstrations across Odisha over issues related to students and farmers be held: CM Naveen Patnaik
Reportedly the congress on tuesday announced that the party would hold month-long demonstrations across odisha over issues related to students and farmers. odisha Pradesh congress Committee (OPCC) chief Sarat Pattanayak said its student wing activists will stage protests in colleges and universities against setting up of selfie points in the institutes with photographs of prime minister Narendra Modi and chief minister Naveen Patnaik in the background. National Students’ Union of india (NSUI) will organize the demonstrations from december 20 to january 20, he said. Similarly, the Pradesh Kisan congress will organize protests across the state from december 13 to january 13 to press several demands of farmers, including a hike in minimum support price to Rs 2,930 per quintal in paddy and waiver of crop loans, the congress leader said.The university Grants Commission (UGC) had recently asked universities and colleges across the country to set up selfie points at strategic locations on their campuses to raise awareness among youngsters about India’s achievements in various fields. “Both the BJP-led nda government and the BJD dispensation in the state have made attempts to rewrite history. Forgetting the galaxy of tall leaders including mahatma gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Subash Bose and Gopabandhu Das, the government is busy with self-promotion and mis-utilising public money,” Pattanayak alleged.Stating that the BJD government in odisha has also failed to provide quality higher education to the students during its 24-year rule, Pattanayak said students are deprived of basic facilities in higher education institutions. Thousands of posts in the universities and colleges are lying vacant, he claimed.