Congress launches 24-hour dharna demanding 27 pc reservation for SEBC

THE Congress on Thursday launched a 24-hour dharna near Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi's official residence here demanding a five-point charter of demands including 27 per cent reservation for candidates belonging to the Socially and Economically Backward Class (SEBC) in education and jobs.

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Congress party leaders and workers led by Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Bhakta Charan Das and AICC in-charge for the state, Ajay Kumar Lallu, sat on a dharna at a tent near the CM's residence at the Mahatma Gandhi Marg here.

"Our dharna will continue for 24 hours till 10 am on Friday. The Congress leaders and workers will spend the night at the 'satyagraha' site here," Das told reporters here.

The Congress 'Satyagraha' on the SEBC reservation came a day after the opposition BJD staged a protest rally near Raj Bhavan making a similar demand on Wednesday.