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Mortal remains of former Odisha Assembly Speaker Surjya Narayan Patro, were consigned to flames with full State honours

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Digapahandi: Sep 3, 2023, The mortal remains of former Odisha Assembly Speaker and veteran BJD leader, Surjya Narayan Patro, were consigned to flames with full State honours at his native place in Digapahandi of Ganjam district on Sunday afternoon.

Thousands of people from different parts of Ganjam district gathered to pay their last tribute to the veteran leader.

The last rites were performed on his own land on the Kapamandi side of the Digapahandi-Podamari road. The entire place reverberated with the slogans of ‘Surjya Patro Amar Rahe’, and scores of people showered flowers on his mortal remains.

After the guard of honour and gun salute, his cremation rituals began. The party flag of BJD was draped over him and his son Biplab Kumar lit the funeral pyre.

It was 4:30 pm by the time his mortal remains reached Digapahandi from Berhampur. His supporters paid their last respects at various places on the way. Earlier in the day, the leader’s mortal remains were kept at his Nayapalli residence in Bhubaneswar for the last ‘darshan’. At 9.30 am. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik reached Patro’s residence to pay his last tribute to the leader. Thereafter, the body was taken to the Odisha Legislative Assembly and then to the BJD party office where the leaders and his followers paid tributes to their leader.

Ganjam District Collector Dibyajyoti Parida, Berhmapur SP Sharvana Vivek M. reached and assessed the surrounding condition of the cremation site. Patro’s body was kept in the party office for some time where the people and his followers paid their last respects. From there, his mortal remains were taken to the cremation ground.

Berhmapur MP Chandra Shekhar Sahu, MLA Bikram Panda, Sanakhemundi MLA Ramesh Chandra Jena, Polasara MLA Srikanth Sahu, Sorada MLA Purnachandra Swain, Khalikote MLA Suryamani Baidya, Dharmasala MLA Pranab Balabantaray, Berhmapur Mayor Sanghamitra Dalei, Odisha Cashew Corporation Chairman Subash Maharana and many workers of BJD were present.

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Ashok Palit has completed his graduation from Upendranath College Soro, Balasore and post graduation from Utkal University in Odia Language and literture.. He has also carved out a niche for himself as a scribe of eminence after joining the profession in 1988. He is also an independent media production professional. He brings loads of experience to Advanced Media, Ashok Palit as a cineaste has been active in film criticism for over three decades. As a film society activist, he soared to eminence for his profound commitment to the art film appreciation and aesthetics of cinema. His mode of discourse is often erudite but always lucid and comprehensible marked by a perfect acumen so rare in the field. A film aesthete with an immense fond of critical sensibilities, he wrote about growth and development of odia cinema in New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Asian Age and Screen. He has been working as an Editor for Cine Samaya from 2002-2004.. He had made solid contribution on cinema in many odia Dailies and weekly such as Samaj, Prajatantra, Dharatri, Samaya, Satabadi, and weekly Samaya.
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