Walk to meet PM futile Muktikanta speaks to Odisha CM

Cuttack | Sunday | 19th August, 2018

Summary:

After the remarkable walk that resulted in Muktikanta inching towards a hunger strike - which he later cancelled - he returned home without having met the Prime Minister. Muktikanta once fainted on the National Highway 2 after entering in Agra due to the heat wave that was ongoing then. His walk was tweeted about by Congress president Rahul Gandhi. He was admitted to a local hospital by some local residents. The tweet and the funds collection drive that followed saw money come in from various sources, including leaders of the opposition.On July 30, Biswal had set off on a march to Bhubaneswar from the steel city to draw the attention of chief minister Naveen Patnaik towards his demands, the same ones that he wished to remind Modi of..