Mayurbhanj: The Bhanja Sena, a local social outfit, has called for a 12-hour bandh in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district on May 15 to protest against power failure during President Droupadi Murmu’s convocation speech at the Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University (MSCB University) in Baripada on May 6.
The bandh will be observed from 6 am to 6 pm on May 15 in the entire Mayurbhanj district, informed Bhanja Sena president Pintu Maiti.
The President, who was on a three-day visit to her home district Mayurbhanj, was delivering the 12th convocation address at the auditorium of the university when power supply suddenly snapped for nine minutes from 11.56 am to 12.05 pm on May 6.
The Vice-Chancellor later suspended an electrical staff of the institute and formed a three-member committee to investigate the matter.
Meanwhile, the State government has ordered a probe into the power failure during the President’s address.
Later, a pharmacist who was on helipad duty reportedly took selfies with the chopper of the President and posted them on social media during her visit to Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR).
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