By D N Singh
When the lady from Odisha, Draupadi Murmu took herself to the podium, thousand hearts in Odisha had their palpitations up and the ones there in the Central Hall of the parliament were on the edges of their seat from the start to the end.
It was when a daughter of Odisha got herself unto the pulpit of the country’s highest constitutional post as the new President. The chief minister of Odisha,who had, although, demonstrated himself as a dotting brother for Murmu, was more ecstatic than ever.
It was not only a moment of pride for the community she is from, but what the chief minister of Odisha did find was the self-pride of Odisha which the simple and soft-spoken Draupadi could extol to that high as none did ever.
It was indeed momentous, the chief minister’s column mentions that, she has joined the league of many in the state of Odisha who played the roles of epitomes of boosting up the state’s name already lettered in the pages of the history of Odisha.
In his editorial the chief minister was liberal enough to recollect the great figures like King Kharavela or Kapilendra Dev who played pivotal roles in expanding the stretches of not only the states geography but had immense contribution in spreading the values and cultural ethos of the state far and wide.
At the same breath, the CM said that, Draupadi Murmu has in a similar way has stood out as a symbol of Odisha’s history chapters’ ambassador of excellence.
