A meeting of Ganjam members of the All Odisha EPF Pensioners’ Association was held here on Sunday under the guidance of lawyer Kailash Chandra Mishra. Former Odisha Lift Irrigation Corporation Executive Engineer Bijay Kumar Jena presided over the meeting.
Association State general secretary Bhagyadhar Brahma attended as guest and brought to the notice of the members of various demands for the pensioners. The demands which he presented before the members were giving minimum pensions of Rs 9,000 and dearness allowance, including them in the Ayushman Bharat Yojana and others.
He also mentioned about the callous attitude of the Central Government and EPFO Authorities towards the pensioners and urged the members to come together and hold a State-level agitation in coming days to fight for justice. On the occasion, the association’s Ganjam unit was former for which Kailash Chandra Mishra was elected as advisor, Patap Chandra Satpathy as president, Basudev Choudhury as VP, Balabhadra Rajguru as secretary and Prasant Kumar Das and Prasant Satpathy as joint secretaries.
Among others, Managovind Mohanty, Ranit Panda, Trinath Nayak, Kunja Bihari Dash and Tirupati Prasad Mishra were present.