Senior scribe Rabi Rath has been nominated as president of National Union of Journalists (India), Odisha branch. NUJ (I) president Ashok Mallick and secretary general Manoj Verma declared the new Odisha committee led by Rath on Monday.
Hemant Kumar Mahapatra was nominated as VP of Sambalpur, Agun Mahanta of Keonjhar, Deepak Kumar Prusty of Rayagarh, Girdhar Lal Sadangi of Bhubaneswar and Lalit Mohan Mishra as general secretary of Bhubaneswar. Similarly, Debasis Mishra and Dhiren Swain were nominated as secretary of Bhubaneswar, Chita Ranjan Swain of Paradip, Garuddwaj Choudhury of Gajapati and Bijay Mishra was nominated as treasurer of Bhubaneswar.
Senior journalist Gajendra Mohanty was nominated as NUJ (I) eastern region vice-president. After being nominated, Rath said stress would be laid on solving the basic problems and security issues of the scribes. He also said steps would be taken to implement the pension scheme for journalist in the State.
Rath also said that by March-end, committees would be formed in all 30 districts; and on May 1 (Labour Day), a State-level convention would be held in which national leaders would attend.