Information and Public Relations Minister Arun Sahu on Wednesday said the State Government would soon convene a high level meeting to discuss the various issues of journalists across the State.
Speaking at a seminar on ‘Rights of labourers in organisational and non-organisational sectors in the eye of law’ here by Utkal Journalists’ Association to mark the May Day, Sahu said, “The State Government has already decided to convene a meeting to take stock of the present status of journalists.”
Attending the event, Panchyati Raj and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kalpataru Das, Agriculture Minister Debi Prasad Mishra, Pradesh Congress Committee president Niranjan Patnaik, BJP leader Biswabhusan Harichandan, MlAs Amar Prasad Satapathy, Bijay Mohanty, PCC spokesperson Aryakumar Jnanendra and trade union leader Souribandhu Kar also expressed their solidarity with the journalists and asked them to fight unitedly for their legitimate demands.
Senior journalist from Nimapada Pratap Chandra Mohanty, Anand Sahoo of Jajpur, Nabinananda Ganttayat of Gajapati and Basudeba Sethi of Paradip were felicitated.
The guests also released the association souvenir Odisha Bartajibi on the occasion. Among others, former UJA president Manoj Das, association general secretary Benudhar Panda and nearly 500 journalists from across the State attended.