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A protest erupted in front of the Khandapada block office on Thursday over the alleged renaming of a primary school at Kanasing village in Odisha's Nayagarh district. Locals, supported by the Bharatiya Bikash Parishad, began a hunger strike demanding the school's name reflect the village's identity.

According to official sources, tension gripped Kanasing village of Sidhamula panchayat in Khandapada block, as Bharatiya Bikash Parishad launched a hunger strike demanding the renaming of a local primary school. The protestors are opposed to the current name, 'Rajakiari Primary School',which they say disconnects the educational insti...