Bhubaneswar, March 25 -- A delegation of BJP MPs from Odisha, led by Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, on Tuesday met Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, urging an early resolution of the long-pending land allotment issue concerning the Railway Employees Cultural Association (RECA) in Kharagpur.

The delegation submitted a memorandum seeking the regularisation of nearly 5,915 square metres of land located in the New Settlement area of Kharagpur in favour of RECA. The matter has reportedly remained unresolved for nearly three decades.

Highlighting the history of the issue, the MPs noted that in 1999, Odisha MPs had written to the then Prime Minister regarding the same. Former Union Minister Debendra Pradhan had also taken up the...