‘Cannot be dismissed as logistical issues’: Odisha CM expresses anguish over shifting of tribal meet venue in Bengal

Expressing anguish, Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi precocious Saturday (March 7, 2026) said the alleged denial of support of venue for the International Santhal Conclave successful Darjeeling, which President Droupadi Murmu was scheduled to grace, “cannot beryllium dismissed arsenic specified logistical issues”.

He said the Office of the President stands supra governmental differences and embodies the dignity of the Constitution. “The caller developments successful Siliguri during the sojourn of our President Murmu Ji, person profoundly saddened the radical of Odisha and the full tribal assemblage crossed India,” Mr. Majhi wrote successful a station connected X.

“The denial of support for the International Santhal Conclave and the abrupt shifting of venues cannot beryllium dismissed arsenic specified ‘logistical issues.’ Such actions rise superior concerns and convey an unfortunate connection erstwhile an event, wherever the President herself was to grace the juncture arsenic the Chief Guest, is subjected to specified disruptions,” helium said.

Stating that substance goes acold beyond governmental considerations, Odisha CM said that “an juncture meant to observe the affluent practice and individuality of the Santhal assemblage should person been treated with the dignity and respect it deserves.”

“Any enactment that diminishes the value of specified a gathering reflects a troubling deficiency of sensitivity toward our tribal brothers and sisters,” Mr. Majhi rued.

“Ms. Murmu Ji, the girl of our ungraded who roseate from Rairangpur to Rashtrapati Bhavan, represents the aspirations and pridefulness of millions. As a subordinate of the Santhal community, this hurtful enactment of the TMC Government of West Bengal, has besides created a deeper consciousness of anguish and wounded wrong maine and the full Odia populace,” the Odisha CM said.

“The Office of the President is the highest law bureau of our Republic. It stands supra governmental differences and represents the dignity of the Constitution itself. Any enactment that undermines the sanctity of that bureau diminishes the respect owed to our law framework,” helium pointed out.

Mr. Majhi further said: “In a vibrant ideology similar ours, specified constrictive governmental considerations person nary place. Our institutions and the leaders who correspond them indispensable ever beryllium accorded the utmost respect, and events celebrating the practice of our tribal communities should beryllium encouraged, not obstructed.”

It is to beryllium noted that President herself went nationalist with her displeasure implicit the alteration of venue for International Santhal Conclave and lack of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who, she said, should person been contiguous arsenic per protocol.

After attending the league astatine Gossainpur, President Murmu travelled astir 30 kilometres to Bidhannagar and expressed her anguish implicit the alteration of venue and lack of Ministers of the State authorities to person her.