Hundreds of participants in a training camp of Seva Dal on Monday in Puri decided to engage two cadres each at a total of 36,000 booths of the State for victory of Congress in 2019 election. The participants took trainings how to revamp the Seva Dal at grassroots.
Decisions were also taken to expand the training to the zone level of blocks and districts in order to strengthen the Seva Dal in Odisha.
At the concluding session of the four-day training camp since Friday in Duduwala Dharmasala of Puri, the members took out an awareness march from the Lions’ Gate to the Medical Square to observe the World Human Rights Day.
“The Seva Dal is Congress’ Mula-Pinda (soul) and it will play a vital role in bringing the party to power,” said secretary and spokesperson of Odisha unit Seva Dal Padmakar Gur.
Guru said he is confident the Seva Dal can empower Congress after election.
Addressing the workshop, its State observers Jayprakash Bajpayee and Purnachanda Ghose gave much stress on organisational restructurings to strengthen the cadres. They said the cadres can successfully tackle the communal forces.
Ramprasad Jayaswal, Rajesh Mishra, Usharani Behera and Bidyutlata Acharya joining as trainers instructed the cadres to bring unity in them. All the participants were offered certificates after training.
Seva Dal State convener Birenmohan Patnaik presided over the concluding session while Swadhina Panda coordinated. Jyotish Sahu, Umapada Mishra, Subhansu Mishra, Pritish Parida, Kulamani Sahu, Bhismadev Singh, Sukant Chhotaray, Nalini Behera and Umapada Baral were present.