For Angad Kanhar, a Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MLA, age is just a number. The 58-year-old legislator, who could not appear for his Matriculation examination due to personal difficulties when he was in school, sat for the examination at Phulbani in Odisha’s Kandhamal district on Friday.
As 5.71 lakh students in Odisha appeared for the annual Matriculation examination physically for the first time after two COVID-19 pandemic years, Mr. Kanhar decided not to dally any longer.
The Phulbani MLA did not enter the examination hall alone. He was in the company of Sudarshan Kanhar, his batchmate from 1978, and the Sarpanch of the Luising gram panchayat in Kandhamal. The two people’s representatives were accompanied by Pitabasa Digal, the 24-year-old driver of the MLA’s vehicle.
