Media has always taken up a leading role to safeguard democracy in India and all attempts to throttle its voice and independence should be protested, said speakers at a seminar organised here by the Jharsuguda District Journalists Association recently.
The seminar was inaugurated by Municipality Chairman Harish Ganatra and presided over by senior journalist Gajendra Mohanty. District Athletic Association general secretary Tapas Kumar Rai Choudhary, Jharsugada Bar Association president Raghumani Patel, Jharsuguda Chamber of Commerce president Hiralal lokchandani, educationist Tapan Barik, Tapaswilal Tiwari, Mehboob Mahtab, Jiban Mohanty and Nilendra Kumar Gajendra shared their views. Subash Pradhan gave a vote of thanks.
On the occasion, the association also held its election of office bearers. Nilendra Kumar Gajendra was nominated as president of the association, while Anil Agrawal and Jaykrishna Mohapatra were nominated as vice presidents, Tapaswilal Tiwari as working president, Sanjib Patjoshi as general secretary, Saroj Mirdha and Alok Tripathy as secretaries, Arta Sahoo and Sumanta Sekhar Bohidar as treasurers.
likewise, Gajendra Mohanty, Raj kumar Sharma, Santosh Mishra, Mehboob Mahtab, Jiban Mohanty, Pyarelal Srivastab, Amar Goel were nominated as members of the advisory committee of the association.