The Koshal Sena, an outfit fighting for the separate Koshal state in Odisha has called on to observe black day on April 1st opposing the celebration of Odisha Divas or Utkal Divas. Odisha Divas is celebrated in memory of formation of separate Odisha state on 1st April 1936.
The protestors are alleging that the State Government has been neglecting the western region since formation of Odisha state. The activist are demanding a separate state as ‘Koshal’.