The Odisha Primary Agriculture Cooperative Society and large Area Multi-purpose Cooperative Societies (lAMP) representatives and employees organised a Samavesh and staged dharna at the Master Canteen Square here on Friday.
Pressing for a seven-point charter of demands, elected representatives and employees from 2,709 Primary Agriculture Cooperative Societies in 30 districts also held a rally from the Master Canteen square to the State Assembly.
They demanded the status of Government employee, pension and gratuity.
“If the State Government fails to fulfil our demands, all the elected cooperative society employees would intensify the stir,” warned Samiti coordinator Santosh Kumar Baliyarsingh.
They also threatened to boycott the Panchayat election.
Organiser Kelu Charan Jagdev, Santosh Kumar Sahu, general secretary Nityananda Das, Padmalabha Ranasingh, Digambar Nayak, litan Das, Kailash Das, Niranjan Bag and Sushant Das were present. They submitted a memorandum to the Chief Minister.