A two-day Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) Zonal Study Classes, Odisha State, was held at Gosaninuagaon on from Friday. Around 150 delegates from 13 districts, Khurda, Puri, Nayagarh, Boudh, Kandhamal, Ganjam, Gajapati, Rayagada, Koraput, Kalahandi, Nabarangpur, Malkanagiri and Nuapada participated in the orientation programme.
Speaking to the delegates, BMS State secretary Dillip Kumar Das emphasised that the growth of leadership, industry and working class must run concurrently in the best interests of the State.
The delegates were also imparted knowledge on the aims, objectives, ideologies, history of labour unions, labour laws, social security, minimum wages act, law relating to industrial disputes and different State-sponsored projects to create awareness among the working class.
The other leaders who were present included BMS national deputy general secretary Krushna Chandra Mishra, Baleswar district secretary Pruthviraj Panda and State vice-presidents Muktikant Satapathy and Basant Kumar Sahu. The programme was coordinated by BMS Ganjam district president Brundaban Sabat, vice-presidents Prasant Kumar Das and Saraswati Achari and secretary lingaraj Sahu.