Members of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) staged a protest outside the Odisha Assembly on Friday against the state government’s decision to change the date of Panchayati Raj Diwas from March 5 to April 24. The state’s BJP government on Monday said that it will observe March 5 as the former CM’s birth anniversary and not as ‘Panchayati Raj Day,’ as has been celebrated for decades. Further, there would be no government holiday on March 5, according to a statement from the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO).
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