Biju Patnaik Sports Award will not be renamed: Odisha CM


PTI, Jul 21, 2024, 12:19 PM IST

Amid criticism from the opposition BJD, Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Sunday announced that the state government’s Biju Patnaik Sports Award would not be renamed.

 

The Sports and Youth Services Department on Friday issued guidelines for this year’s award, renaming it ‘Rajya Krida Samman’.

 

The chief minister said his government has not taken any formal decision to drop Biju Patnaik’s name from the award.

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