When the eastern part of Odisha is merge in the celebration of Utkal Divas, the western part of the state is observing black day demanding separate Kosal state.
In many towns, like Padampur, Bargarh, Sonepur, Sambalpur, Titilagarh, Balangir, etc separate Kosal state supporters came out to road in support to observe black day.
The activist were quoting the reasons as negligence towards western part of Odisha in development. And their language and culture is not presented equally with in Odisha, the way Odia culture is propagated.
Further the Kosal state supporters have been found protesting online in social media like Facebook by changing their profile photos to black.
