A delegation of journalists along with Ranchi Press Club President Surendra Lal Soren met Gandey's newly elected MLA Kalpana Soren at her residence in Ranchi on Thursday. During the meeting, the journalists congratulated Kalpana Soren and submitted a demand letter in the interest of the state's journalists. RPC president Surendra Soren said through a demand letter that the matter of health insurance of journalists is pending for a year, and there is a need to implement pension scheme, housing scheme, journalist protection law in the state soon.
He said that the government should take necessary steps towards the repair of the Press Club building while officially transferring it. For the past few months, entry of journalists has been banned in Jharkhand Ministry, which seems to be undemocratic and a wrong decision in the direction of clean, fearless and transparent journalism. Also, Secretary and Director level officers need to ensure time to meet journalists and share the achievements of the department with the media once a month. Regarding these demands, Kalpana Soren assured that she will take positive initiative and request the Chief Minister to take steps in this direction.
The delegation that met included the club's joint secretary Ratan Lal, treasurer Kuber Singh, executive members Rana Gautam, Monu Kumar, Saurabh Shukla and former president of the Press Club Rajesh Singh, former secretary Javed Akhtar, Shakeel Akhtar and Vivek Pandey.
