The Odisha Jan Morcha (OJM) district presidents’ meet was held here on Friday with the party’s president and MP Pyarimohan Mohapatra advising the party workers to remain in touch with the people at the grassroots and fight for their cause.
Addressing the meeting, Mohapatra laid stress on the administration reaching out to the people in villages and trying to sort out their basic problems.
He demanded that each village be made a panchayat and there should be five elected leaders to have one year term of Sarpanch each. Mohapatra said this would lessen corruption.
Mohapatra also emphasized the need for local employment in industries and proposed setting up of small scale industries for protection of livelihood of the people. He also laid stress on steps to stop distress sale of paddy and other farm produces and bridging the gap between the rich and the poor.
Mohapatra urged his party men to increase the number of members and strengthen the party’s organizational base.
He felicitated Dhauli Sarpanch Rabi Maharana, the president of OJM Bhubaneswar unit, who got the best Sarpanch award from Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Jameshedpur meeting on the Panchayati Raj Day.
Among others, Jangeswar Babu, Bibhuti Bhusan Mishra, Santosh Mohapatra, Nakul Nayak and Birakishore Parida were present.