The 9th plenary session of Indian Journalists’ Union (IJU) was held at Patanjali Yoga Pitha from June 13 to 16 here.
Journalists and mediapersons from Kamatak, Bihar, West Bengal, New Delhi, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Odisha joined the convention. Problems and predicaments concerning the journalist fraternity were discussed in a threadbare manner.
President of IJU KB Pandit and secretary general of IJU Mrugesh Sihivapuji, after their victory over the recently-held election, demanded pension and security for all the working journalists of the country. They urged the Prime Minister and all CMs to take immediate initiative in this regard. They said some States like Bihar and Kerala have awarded pension to working journalists and appealed to all other States to follow suit.
Chief guest yoga guru Baba Ramdev also expressed his co-operation to assists IJU leaders in achieving the goal by instituting a Narada Pension Yojana for all the working journalists of the country.
As many as 40 working journalists from Odisha joined the fray and on the occasion Yoja guru Baba Ramedev felicitated some journalists including president of OUWJ, Sugyan Choudhury. Prominent among others present were the veteran journalist of the country Acharya Gouri Shankar, Ananla Mittal and Suresh Parik from UNI.