Droupadi Murmu, who is on a three-day visit to her home state, laid the foundation stone of Kalinga Atithi Nivas in Raj Bhavan premises in the presence of Governor Ganeshi Lal and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
The Petitioner Samarendra Beura then filed two petitions before the Governor in May and September 2019 under Article 192 of the Constitution of India seeking their disqualification (by obtaining the opinion of the Election Commission).
President Kovind was addressing the valedictory ceremony of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations of the Utkal University.
