The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) held a general body meeting here with support of its Gajapati district unit on Tuesday.
The Odisha Union of Journalist (OUJ) State president Rabi Rath, Hi-Tech Medical College chairman Dr Tirupathi Panigrahi, Gajapti district president Goruda Dhwaja Choudhary, general secretary Tarini Prasad Panda, vice-president Basanta Panda were present.
Rath lamented saying that while the neighboring Andhra Pradesh Government has distributed more than 4,000 quarters to working journalists, the Odisha Government has remained callous towards scribes. He said the Government is yet to pay any heed to the journalists’ longstanding pension demand.
Panigrhai announced that he would pay for health insurance for all the working journalist of Gajapati district soon.
Journalist Debasis Padhi and NUJ State VP Deepak Prusty slammed the Government for remaining callous to scribes’ various demands.
On the occasion, OUJ Gajapati functionaries were elected. While Garudodhwaj Choudhuri was elected as president, Basanta Panda and B Praveen Kumar as vice-presidents, Tarini Prasad Panda as general secretary, Krushna Behera as secretary, Amit Patnaik as assistant secretary, Rashmi Ranjan Mishro as treasurer, Rajendra bhukuta as assistant treasurer and Ganesh Raju as convenor.