Bhubaneswar, Feb 25: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Wednesday said Biju Patnaik, whose birth centenary falls this year, is a legendary leader and beyond political boundaries.
He said the BJD should provide a platform for everyone cutting across party lines and other identities to celebrate the ideals of Odisha Swabhiman (pride), Odia identity and take Odisha ahead on the path of empowerment for which he stood.
Patnaik’s comments came during he unveiling of a logo for the celebration.
The celebrations will begin from March 5, his birthday.
The government has constituted different committees to ensure smooth conduct of programmes marking the celebrations.
The chief minister suggested that his colleagues and others ensure that a plan of action should be made befitting the leader and what he stood for. “It is not to promote Biju babu that we are doing this.
In fact Biju Babu shunned publicity during his life time. Remembering him during his birth centenary should be to highlight the multifaceted aspect of Biju Babu’s personality to inspire the people of Odisha to move forward and build a developed, prosperous and progressive Odisha,” Naveen Patnaik, the younger son of the leader said.
