The extended executive committee meeting of the BJD, Ganjam district was held at Gopalpur on Friday under the chairmanship of MlA Dr Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy.
All the MPs and MlAs of the district, Zilla Parishad President, block Chairpersons and Vice-Chairpersons and other functionaries of the party attended the meeting.
Party general secretary Jagannath Sabat delivered the welcome address. Rural Development and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Bikram Keshari Arukh appealed to the workers to complete ‘family tagging to the party’ works in the stipulated time frame to strengthen the party in the district.
State Planning Board Member Rama Chandra Panda called upon the party workers to maintain cohesiveness and unity for successful implementation of various development programmes and pro-people schemes of the Chief Minister. Panda gave a call ‘BJP Hatao and Desh Bachao’ saying continuance of the saffron party in power is a threat to the country’s democracy.
Several political resolutions were passed as regards to up-gradation of Brahmapur railway station and Brahmpur-Phulbani via-Bhanjanagar railway line. Most of the leaders expressed alleged that the Ministry of Railways has neglected in upgrading the city railway station and providing rail connectivity to the Bhanjanagar-Phulbani route.
Among others, Ministers Surjya Narayan Patro and Usha Devi, MPs Siddhant Mohaptra and lK Swain, former Union Minister Chandra Sekhar Sahu, Siba Sankar Sahani, Subas Singh, Sanghamitra Dalai and MlAs Srimant Sahu, Purna Chandra Sethi, Priayanshu Pradhan, Debraj Mohanty, Purna Chadnra Swain, Nandini Devi and Dr RC Chyaupatnaik were present. The meeting concluded with a vote of thanks proposed by district vice-president Uma Charan Nayak.