Bhubaneshwar/Bengaluru March 02: Senior RSS Pracharak and Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s veteran leader from Odisha, Sridhar Acharya passed away at New Delhi on March 01, Sunday morning.
Born in Mangaluru of Karnataka in 1928, Acharya became a ‘Pracharak’ of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in 1950 and dedicated himself for a social cause till his last breath. Currently he was serving as a senior VHP functionary in Odisha. Acharya was the first organizing secretary of Bharatiya Jansangh in Odisha. Hundreds of swayamsevaks gathered on this occasion and paid tribute to him.
Sridhar Acharya
Acharya paved the way for nationalistic thinking in western Odisha as in Kalahandi and Bolangir. A new era of BJP also grew during his time. The works of Jansangh was well appericiated by people under his leadership. He also smoothly carried out the works of Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Odisha.
V Bhagaiah. Akhil Bharatiya Bouddhik Pramukh, (sat in extreme right) attended condolence meet
In the condolence meeting held at Saraswati Vidyamandir in Bhubaneshwar on March 02, Monday evening, V Bhagaiah, Akhil Bharatiya Boudhik Pramukh addressed the gathering remembering the legacy of Sridhar Acharya. Senior social activist Gopal Prasad Mohapatra, State General Secretary of Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram Dr.Laxmikanta Dash, RSS Pranta Mahavidyalaya Pramukh Tanmaya Mohapatra and Bipra Charan Tripathy of Sahakar Bharti expressed deep condolences and paid tributes to Sridhar Acharya.
The Condolence meet was chaired by RSS Sah-Pranth Sanghachalak Samir Kumar Mohanty.
