The 12th death anniversary of comrade Nagbhusan was observed at Nagbhusan Bhavan, Bhubaneswar, on 9th October on behalf of Nagbhusan Bhavan Smriti Committee.

In the morning the statue of comrade Nagbhusan was garlanded and floral tributes with red salute offered by comrades Khitish Biswal, Diwakar Naik (state secretary of CPI), Radhakanta Sethi, Yudhistir Mohapatra, Mahendra Parida, Satyabadi Behera (president of AIALA), Praffulla Samantray of Lokashakti Abhiyan and Ashok Pradhan along with hundreds of party comrades.

This was followed by a meeting on land movement in Orissa and the role of comrade Nagbhusan Pattanaik. It was presided over by comrade Yudhistir Mohapatra and the welcome speech was delivered by comrade Radhakanta Sethi. Comrade Khitish Biswal described the role of comrade NBP in land struggle and called upon the gathering to intensify the fight against corporate loot in Orissa today.

Comrade Praffulla Samantray described the land struggle in Bisam cuttack and Naryanpatana while Prof Nilamani Sahu stressed the need of unity among communists for the sake carrying forward people’s movements in Orissa as well as in India. Comrade Diwakar Naik of CPI observed that comrade Nagbhusan worked most sincerely for communist unification and this is highly necessary in India today.

Senior journalist Rabi Das emphasized the need for more literature on the life of Nagbhusan to inspire the youth of our country. Comrade Radhakanta described how comrade Nagbhusan fought to liberate common masses from exploitation and to uphold their dignity. Comrade Mahendra Parida pointed out that Nagbhusan spent a major part of his life in jungles, hospitals and jails and after being released from jail he organized the working classes to join the communist party in Malkangiri and Koraput.

Comrade Ashok Pradhan sounded a clarion call for strengthening CPI (ML) Liberation in Orissa along the path shown by comrade Nagbhusan. Finally comrade Yudhistir Mohapatra narrated the life history of comrade Pattanaik and urged all comrades to follow the ideology of comrade NBP and intensify land struggle and the fight against corporate loot in the state.

- Mahendra Parida