A national conference of the Indian Media Working Journalists Union (IMWJU) was held here. Steel and Mines Minister Rajanikant Singh joined as Chief Guest and inaugurated the function.
Singh said journalists are the fourth pillar of a democracy and hence should play a significant role in shaping the society and use their pen for upholding truthfulness.
MlA Brajakishore Pradhan and Odisha Ware Housing Corporation chairman and former MlA Mahesh Sahoo joined as guests of honour. Presiding over the meeting, national president of IMWJU S Bala Bhaskar advised the journalists to work relentlessly for the betterment of common people.
The delegates, who attended the function, included Narayan Sharma from Chhattisgarh, Arjun Sharma from Uttarakhand, Sushree Vineeta Rani from lucknow, Omendra Saxena from Rajasthan and Chandan Vijay Prasad from Jharkhand, among others. Special invitees from National Association of Journalists of Sri lanka Anil Perera, Stanly Pathiraja, E Padmaperuma and Thilina Weerasinghe were felicitated.
IMWJU State president Maheswar Bal delivered the introductory speech and Bimal Krushna Thamb gave the vote of thanks.
Organising secretary Deepak Pradhan and working president Panchanan Senapati, Diptanshu Dash, Biraja Shankar Mishra, Bhagyarathi Mohapatra, Ajit Ray, Akshaya Moharana, Soubhagya Moharana and Girish Samal coordinated.